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Head Wounds & Eye Injuries: Assessment & Emergency Care
Head Wounds & Eye Injuries: Assessment & Emergency Care
Blunt force trauma • skull fracture • concussion • head bleeds • lacerations, punctures & other eye injuries
Meets 2021 WFME standards for distributed & distance learning in medical education
Head & eye injury assessment, first aid & evacuation in wilderness & other remote areas
12-month Access period
Certificate of Completion
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Includes webinar with live Q&A + webinar recording
Assessment Techniques
- Physical examination of open and closed head wounds
- Assessment of eye injuries including bleeding, laceration & punctures
- Common myths and misconceptions
Improvised Emergency Treatment & First Aid
- High-velocity head injuries
- Blunt-force head injuries
- Skull fracture
- Concussion
- Hemorrhages
- Epidural hematoma
- Snow blindness
- Hyphema & other eye bleeds
- Foreign objects in the eye
- Puncture injuries of the eye
- Severe eye lacerations
- Tips, tricks & gear recommendations
Making The Evacuation Decision
- Identification and evaluation of warning signs indicating serious or life-limiting head trauma
- How to stabilize head or eye injuries until definitive care is available