911 Disposition Plus Eye Flushing

Call Now Based on your answers, you need emergency care. Call or other emergency services now. Flushing your eye is the most important first aid measure for something in the eye. If you are wearing contacts, remove them before flushing your eye. Flush the eye from the inner corner toward the outer corner. This prevents…

911 Disposition Plus Eye Flushing

911 Disposition Plus Eye Flushing

Call 911 Now

Based on your answers, you need emergency care.

Call 911 or other emergency services now.

Flushing your eye is the most important first aid measure for something in the eye.

  • If you are wearing contacts, remove them before flushing your eye.
  • Flush the eye from the inner corner toward the outer corner. This prevents a substance in one eye from washing into the other eye.
  • Flush the eye with cool water until help arrives.

Credits

Current as ofJune 26, 2019

Author: Healthwise Staff
Kathleen Romito MD – Family Medicine
Adam Husney MD – Family Medicine
William H. Blahd Jr. MD, FACEP – Emergency Medicine

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