Red Eye – Diagnosis and Management

Overview

This module will take approximately 30 minutes to complete and includes the following elements. 

• Background
  • Causes of red eye.
• Diagnosis
  • Assessment of people with red eye, red flags.
• Management
  • Management of people with red eye, emergency referral, primary care management.
• An optional quiz to assess your learning from the course
• An audit suggestion
• A list of useful links and resources for further reading

Goals

During this course you will learn:

• About potentially sight-threatening causes of red eye.
• About non sight-threatening causes of red eye.
• How to assess someone with red eye.
• About red flags which may indicate a sight-threatening cause of red eye.
• Which conditions require urgent referral.
• Which conditions can be managed in primary care.

Audit Suggestions

Topics covered