Emergency
If you have an ocular emergency and you cannot reach us, please go to the nearest emergency room and / or call 911.
We usually see emergencies on the same day.
In some cases, an injury may mean permanent loss of your vision!
We will also get you set up with the correct specialist should your eye emergency warrant referral and we will work on your behalf to get you in ASAP.
What is considered an eye emergency?
- Broken Glasses
- Out of Contacts
- Flashes of light (twinkling, iridescent, lightning bolt like flashes)
- Foreign body in eye
- Floaters (grey or black spots, strings, crescents, or curtain like feeling)
- A sudden loss of vision
- Blunt force trauma to the eye
- Scratched eye
- Pain in or around the eye
- Any redness
- Injury
- Sudden blurry vision