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Eye Emergency Manual (EEM) Steering Committee

Current Focus

The EEM Steering Committee oversees:

 

The project to introduce and evaluate the EEM was completed at the end of 2008. The project report is in final draft and will be available in early 2010.

 

The Eye Emergency Clinician Education project continues with the provision of workshops in metropolitan and rural hospitals (see below). Workshop content is based on the consensus clinical guidelines in the EEM.

 

 

 

Eye Emergency Clinician Education Presentations

Nine thirty minute Eye Emergency Clinician Education presentations have been developed by the ophthalmic nurse educators and clinical nurse consultants at Sydney Hospital/Sydney Eye Hospital.They reflect the consensus clinical guidelines published in the EEM and are used in the Eye Emergency Clinician Education workshops for nursing and medical clinicians around NSW. Topics include eye examination, eye skills, ocular trauma, triage and ocular history, vision loss and visual acuity.

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Eye Emergency Manual

Development – the ophthalmic clinicians of the Provision of Hospital Services Subcommittee (PHSS) have worked in collaboration with the Nurse Standing Committee (NSC) to develop consensus clinical guidelines for the management of eye emergencies. These guidelines are published in the Eye Emergency Manual. The project was funded by the SOS. The principal author is Dr Weng Sehu who was assisted by Dr Brighu Swamy both of Sydney Hospital/ Sydney Eye Hospital. The Eye Emergency Manual is primarily for use by non ophthalmic clinicians in EDs, particularly in rural areas and in metropolitan hospitals without an ophthalmology service.

 

The consensus clinical guidelines in the Eye Emergency Manual have been updated with feedback from emergency clinicians involved in the project to introduce and evaluate its use. This project involved clinicians in 28 hospital emergency departments in rural and metropolitan NSW over an 18 month period. Enhancements include an expanded paediatric section, a more detailed chemical burn section incorporating the required irrigation procedure, reviewed triage categories and a consistent approach to onward referral.

 

A pocket size version of the EEM will be available in early 2010.

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