BIRMINGHAM EYE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT
Information for doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals working in the Birmingham Eye Emergency Department.
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Please click here for an introduction to the department and how to use this website.
All the relevant and updated patient information leaflets that are easily printable for your patients.
HOW TO ARRANGE FOLLOW UPS?
Before arranging for a follow up, think of "how, when and where the patients will be best followed up?"
Patients can be followed up by 5 methods:
Refer to a subspecialty service for review in their clinic.
Primary Care Follow Up Clinic
Modality Clinics if need to be seen after a week. Click here for the criteria.
Back to their local hospital (see patient postcode) - ask reception to fax urgent letter to arrange appointment
Eye ED if need to be seen within 1-3 days (PLEASE ONLY USE THIS AS A LAST OPTION)
Please indicate on Medisoft and advised patient to go to the reception desk to make the relevant appointment as well as ticking on the sheet note for ED review / PCFU / Modality / subspecialist review.
IMPORTANT UPDATES
BMEC Paediatric ophthalmology emergency pathways during COVID surge 3 [19th January 2021]
Management of GCA patients after bloods test during COVID [28th January 2021]
Adherence to Neuro-Ophthalmology Guidelines and Advice [04th February 2021]
Chemical Eye Injury Video Presentation [11th February 2021]
Neuro-Ophthalmology - when to refer for senior opinion [13th April 2021]
Visual Fields Referral Pathway [5th July 2021]
PLEASE SUBMIT CORNEAL CASES FOR DISCUSSION HERE
Virtual / Face2Face discussion every week. Click on this video on how to take an anterior segment photo with your phone without any additional equipment. Keep the photos for discussion in the meeting.


The answers on how to work out the common logistic issues in the eye casualty department

Please ensure this SOP is adhered to at all times while working in the Eye ED.
NEED OUR HELP?
Write to us to let us know of any help you need while working in Eye ED. Any suggestions to improve the department is greatly appreciated as well.