OCULAR TRAUMA PREVENTION STRATEGIES AND PATIENT COUNSELING

Course overview

THE CONSEQUENCES OF OCULAR TRAUMA RANGE FROM COMPLETE RECOVERY TO IRREVERSIBLE BLINDNESS AND GREATLY DEPEND ON THE MECHANISM AND TYPE OF INJURY. UNDERSTANDING OCULAR ANATOMY, TYPES OF OCULAR TRAUMA, AND THE VARIETY OF INCITING EVENTS AND SEQUELAE IS ESSENTIAL TO APPROPRIATELY ASSESS, TRIAGE, MANAGE, AND ULTIMATELY REDUCE MORBIDITY, BLINDNESS, AND RECURRENCE. THIS ARTICLE WILL DISCUSS THE TYPES OF OCULAR TRAUMA, EPIDEMIOLOGY AND RISK FACTORS, NATIONAL TRENDS, AND PRACTICE PATTERNS, AS WELL AS PROGNOSIS AND PREVENTION WITH AN EMPHASIS ON PATIENT COUNSELING. ADDITIONALLY, THIS ACTIVITY WILL HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM IN EVALUATING, MANAGING, AND REDUCING THE RISK OF VISUALLY SIGNIFICANT OCULAR INJURIES.