Lifeguard Instructor Talkbacks - Eye Injuries

Do I need to wear gloves dressing an eye injury?

• No, it's just an eye and gauze, I won't touch any blood

• Yes, I should always glove up when administering first aid

What is the first step when treating any eye injury? (assuming the guest is conscious and asked for help)

• ask for consent

• Check their heart rate

• Put on gloves/PPE

• Check for breathing

Reorder the steps of treating a small, loose object in the eye

• Hold the eye open

• If the object is not removed, get medical help

• Glove up

• rinse with clean water

What chemicals can likely get in the guests eye at the pool? (that pose a danger)

• concentrated chlorine

• acid

• alkaline solution

• clean drinking water

Which eye injuries should you absolutely call EMS for?

• chemicals in the eye

• loose object in the eye

• Blow to the eye

• eye avulsion

• penetrating eye injury

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Call EMS immediately

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(b) Call EMS if severe

• chemicals in eye

• cut of the eye or lid

• loose object in eye

• blow to the eye

• eye avulsion

• penetrating eye injury

If an object has impaled the eye and is still in the eyeball, what should you do?

• Leave the object in the eye, and gently dress around it

• Pull the object out so you can address the bleeding and apply pressure

• Do nothing until EMS comes

• Walk away from the guest, they can handle it

In which scenarios is flushing the eye with water the best treatment?

• eye avulsion

• chemicals in the eye

• blow to the eye

• loose object in eye

What are signs a guest was hit in the eye?

• swollen area

• damaged eyesights

• discoloration of the eye

• they are cradling their neck after diving in a shallow pool

How do you treat a cut of the eyeBALL?

• ask GID to close unaffected eye

• call EMS

• apply gauze and light pressure

• glove up and get consent