Podcast 007: Eye trauma with Dr Seb Rubinzstein-Dunlop
In this episode I catch up with Dr Sebastian Runbinzstein-Dunlop, a fellow Broome Doc who has an interest in Eye stuff. Seb is rare in that he has actually been in a remote situation where he has done decompressive lateral canthotomy to save an eye. So here we chat about the types of scenarios, symptoms his approach to Eye Trauma and how exactly one might do this procedure.
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If you are keen to see how it is done – check out this VIDEO from Dr Larry Mellick’s great Youtube collection
Oh, the reference for the ultrasonographic “guitar pick sign” is from Canadian Journ EM in 2011 – Theoret et al.
Hope this saves you a bit of anxiety and somebody’s vision one day. Good luck, Casey.
PS: In a curious coincidence – less than 24 hours after we recorded this podcast Dr Seb was confronted with his second solo canthotomy!
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About The Author
Casey Parker
I am a GP working in Broome, NW of Western Australia. I work as a hospital DMO (District Med Officer) doing Emergency, Anaesthestics, some Obstetrics and a lot of miscellaneous primary care. Also on the web as @broomedocs | + Casey Parker | Contact
Thanks for the podcast, Casey and keep up the great work. On behalf of the Baltimore crew, thanks for the video shout out!
Hi!
we had a case of this in our ED . young lad using wire strippers injured eye apparently trivially
but ended up losing his sight because of delays.
vowed to learn the procedure.
Can I access the Maryland youtube demo ?
Thanks,
C
Hi
Sorry for the delay
The Maryland video seems to be offline now – but here is another at this link
http://youtu.be/bUAagMd_Q8A
This one is a real case with Ophthalmology review
Casey
Thanks for your time, Casey.
I’m afraid all I received was a blank black box.
Charlotte