Locum Day - Webinar 5: Eye emergencies - through the eyes of the locum optometrist

Optometry Today (OT), in partnership with the AOP, and the Vision team at Johnson & Johnson as headline sponsor, are pleased deliver a day of online education dedicated to locums.

Each session will be delivered by an expert on a range of themes, designed to support locums in key areas of clinical practice.

Session 1: Top neuro-optometric presentations that a locum cannot afford to miss - Book now
Session 2: First fit success with soft multifocal contact lenses - Book now
Session 3: Navigating the current landscape of keratoconus – a guide for locum optometrists - Book now
Session 4: How to avoid becoming a clinical negligence statistic - Book now
Session 5: Eye emergencies - through the eyes of the locum optometrist - Book below

Session 5: Eye emergencies - through the eyes of the locum optometrist

Optometry practice is increasingly becoming the first port of call for acute ocular conditions when they occur. Urgent and emergency eye conditions can be one of the most interesting but also most challenging aspects of our professional role.

We are often involved in triaging cases, examining them and then either managing them or referring them. For locum optometrists, this challenge might be increased by limitations in being able to follow the patient up personally or fewer opportunities to gain feedback from the hospital setting when the patient has been referred.

This session on acute and emergency conditions will offer an overview of the most common urgent situations, from red eyes, sudden visual changes and some injuries. The session will focus on the essential clinical elements that we aim to get right, particularly when examining the patient as a locum optometrist.

Learning outcomes

• Practitioners will be able to identify key symptoms in common ocular emergencies
• Practitioners will be able to assess and manage common ocular emergencies relative to their scope of practice.
  
   

Please note: You will not be eligible for CPD if you dial into audio only using a phone