NO DRUG THERAPY IN PRIMARY CARE (REFERRAL & ADVICE)
Bruising around the eye from blunt trauma; a GP checks for red flags of deeper injury such as an orbital fracture or globe injury and otherwise manages it with analgesia and reassurance. - Refer, with advice
Children follow the same pathway: recognise and refer. No primary-care medicine is implied.
No dose - referral pathway, no medicine given in primary care
Bruising around the eye from blunt trauma; a GP checks for red flags of deeper injury such as an orbital fracture or globe injury and otherwise manages it with analgesia and reassurance.
- No medicine is prescribed for this in primary care - this entry is for recognition and referral. Anything given is decided by the service it is referred to.
- RED FLAG - Reduced visual acuity or double vision, restricted eye movement (possible orbital fracture with entrapment), or blood visible in the front of the eye (hyphaema): refer urgently.