Emergency · Examination

Eye splash at work

Medium

8 min station · 2 min reading · Recommended for Notre Dame Year 4 students

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2 min reading · 8 min station · reminders at 1 min

Instructions

You are a medical student on placement in the emergency department. Your next patient is Jarrod Kalinowski, 27, a building worker, who got a splash of material in his right eye at work 20 minutes ago.

  1. Examine the patient

  2. Outline to the examiner:

    • Your most likely diagnosis
    • Next steps in management
  • You do not need to take a history or summarise your findings
  • Describe what you do as you go; findings will be given on request
  • The examiner will ask you two questions at the end
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Investigations

Examination

After treatment

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