First-Aid for the Eyes

First-aid for cuts in or around the eye:

• Gently bandage your child's eye.
  
  
• Do not apply pressure to your child's eye.
  
  
• Instruct your child not to rub his/her eye.
  
  
• Do not try to remove any particles from your child's eye.
  
  
• Do not wash out your child's eye.
  

First-aid for foreign objects in the eye:

• Instruct your child not to rub his/her eye.
  
  
• Pull your child's upper lid down onto lower lid and instruct them to blink repeatedly. The lower eyelashes may sweep the particle away.
  
  
• Use an eye wash to wash out the speck or object from your child's eye.
  
  
• Instruct your child to close his/her eye.

First-aid for chemical splashes:

• Use fingers to separate your child's eyelids, then flush his/her eye with water from a faucet or clean container.
  
  
• Seek medical attention immediately.
  
  
• Cover your child's eye.

First-aid for physical trauma to the eye:

• Immediately, but gently, apply small cold compresses to your child's eye without applying pressure to reduce pain and swelling.
  
  
• Contact your child's physician or your child's ophthalmologist (eye care specialist) immediately.

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