Question

A young girl complains of eye pain after having sand thrown in her face by another girl at the park. When assessing her eyes, you note large particles of sand in the right eye. The sand appears to be on the conjunctiva, which also seems to be scratched and irritated. Your initial action would be:______.a. attempt to remove the larger pieces of sand using a cotton swab.
b. gently wipe the inner eye with sterile pieces of gauze.
c. stop the tearing by applying gentle pressure to the eye.
d. flush the eye with clean water from a nearby sink.

Answer 1

The answer is d. If you were to wipe the eye with gauze it would cause further inflammation and scratches and adding pressure to the eye is never a good idea. Water will flush the eye and not scratch the eye more.