Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6200528 | Ophthalmology | 2014 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
Ocular injuries are common and potentially blinding in mass-casualty incidents. Systemic and ocular polytrauma is the rule in terrorism, whereas isolated ocular injuries are more common in other calamities. Key lessons learned included educating the public to stay away from windows during disasters, promoting use of rigid eye shields by first responders, the importance of reliable communications, deepening the ophthalmology call algorithm, the significance of visual incapacitation resulting from loss of spectacles, improving the rate of early detection of ocular injuries in emergency departments, and integrating ophthalmology services into trauma teams as well as maintaining a voice in hospital-wide and community-based disaster planning.
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Authors
Yoshihiro MD, Henry D. MD, Roy E. MD, Casey J. MD, Peter B. MD, Neil M. MD, Ankoor S. MD, PhD, David MD, PhD, Dean MD, Matthew F. MD, Mark C. MD, Robert H. MD, Jean E. MD, MPH, Joan W. MD, Robert A. MD, Mary G. MD, Jorge G. MD, MPH,