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07/07/2025
2025 OAPA Annual Conference - CME #7
Thursday, October 23, 2025 from 3:45-4:45 p.m.
“The Hills Have Eyes: Evaluating Eye Emergencies in Rural, Remote, and Emergency Settings with Point-of-Care Tools"
Presented by Katharine Lee, MS, PA-C, Marshall University
Learning Objectives:
- Describe key anatomical and physiological features of the eye relevant to the evaluation and management of ocular emergencies.
- Identify and assess common acute eye conditions, including traumatic and non-traumatic presentations (e.g., vision loss, eye pain, foreign body, red eye) in rural, remote, and outpatient environments.
- Demonstrate a systematic approach to evaluating eye emergencies.
- Recognize time-sensitive and vision-threatening conditions, such as retinal detachment, globe rupture, and understand appropriate triage and referral strategies.
- Utilize point-of-care ocular ultrasound (POCUS) for the evaluation of select ocular emergencies, including probe placement, safety considerations, and interpretation of findings (e.g., retinal detachment, vitreous hemorrhage, optic nerve sheath diameter).
- Apply clinical reasoning to guide treatment decisions and coordinate evacuation or referral when managing eye emergencies in austere, low-resource, or geographically isolated environments.
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