Author: Sarah Edwards / Editor: Fiona Mendes / Codes: O8, R3, T1 / Published: 25/03/2020
A 27-year-old male presents to the Emergency Department (ED) following a simple trip, catching his right eye on the corner of the pavement. There are no other injuries other than his eye.
On examination you observe a right eye as shown in the image below. Clinically you feel he has a retrobulbar haemorrhage and requires an immediate lateral canthotomy.
Image source: Nickson, C. Bashed, blind and bulging. Life in the Fast Lane. 2019.
