Annually, there are 16 million cases of blindness caused by eye injuries. By always using the entire globe as the tissue of reference, classification is unambiguous, consistent, and simple. Review of the first edition of the eye emergency manual eem has been oversighted by the eem steering committee chaired by dr ralph. The emergency care and management of patients with ocular trauma can often be handled completely by the family physician, whose goal should be recognizing the nature and circumstance of the injury and subsequent decision making based on the initial management steps. Eye injury epidemiology and prevention of ophthalmic injuriesferenc kuhn, viktoria mester. Assessment of ocular emergencies can be made difficult by a lack of. Understand the principles of management of ocular trauma. O trabalho avaliou o paciente no momento do primeiro atendimento oftalmologico, nao sendo considerado o retorno do mesmo ao servico. Textbook of ocular trauma evaluation and treatment stephen. Trauma ocular avaliacao e tratamento dos ferimentos oculares. It provides definitions for the commonly used eye trauma terms within the framework of a comprehensive system. Con confirmacion diagnostica tendra acceso a tratamiento y seguimiento.