Emergency Eye Care Services in Boise, Idaho.
Eyecare Associates of Boise offers emergency eye care services for urgent eye issues. Our expert team provides prompt and attentive treatment to address any eye emergencies and ensure optimal eye health. Trust us to provide the highest level of care when you need it most.
Boise's Expert Emergency Eye Care Services
Eyecare Associates of Boise offers eye care services for ocular emergencies that require immediate and urgent attention. If your eye is injured, don’t try to judge the severity of it. Immediately seek the expertise of an eye doctor to lessen the risk of damaging your vision. Our Boise optometrists understand ocular emergencies can arise at any time and we are here to provide immediate assistance.
At Eyecare Associates of Boise, we understand that ocular emergencies can arise at any time. If you experience an eye injury, please call our Boise office at (208) 344-8758 for further instructions.
Symptoms that require emergency service include, but are not limited to:
- Sudden loss of vision
- Sudden double vision
- Sudden red/painful eye
- Pink eye
- New onset flashes and/or floaters
- Foreign body in the eye (especially metal or chemicals)
Things NOT to do while waiting for professional medical assistance:
- DO NOT press on an injured eye or allow the victim to rub the eye(s).
- DO NOT attempt to remove a foreign body that is resting on the cornea (the clear surface of the eye through which we see) or that appears to be embedded in any part of the eye.
- DO NOT use dry cotton (including cotton swabs) or sharp instruments (such as tweezers) on the eye.
- DO NOT attempt to remove an embedded object.