Just now happily on model railway cottage handicrafts – and then it happened: The eye itches, his hand reflexively moves there, the special glue drips on the sensitive skin of the eye. Burns of the eye with acids, alkalis or adhesives are everyday accidents in German households. And perform the most common eye injuries, blindness. But what to do, if it happens to oneself?
The German Red Cross has put together an emergency checklist, which must be followed strictly in eye burns to:
Emergency call and the durchgeben five W’s:
- Where’s the emergency?
- What happened?
- How many casualties should be supplied?
- Which injuries have affected?
- Wait for the rescue headquarters inquiries!
Rinse the eye with clean water. The accused should be possible here.
Keep pouring when flushing the eye with his fingers, the clean water from about 10 cm high from the inner corner of your eye to the outside of the eye. Can you afford Couple help, please let the two-on first aid measures.
When removing the acid, alkali or the adhesive, cover both eyes with a sterile dressing and care for you as soon as medical treatment.
Please contact even with rather small eye injury is always prudent to the eye doctor!
Tags: Eye burns, The eye
