Minimum Equipment and Medications

Minimum Equipment

  • Rigid Eye shield
  • Lateral canthotomy/cantholysis instrument set
  • Bright light source
  • Visual acuity estimate reference
  • Teleconsultation capability

Minimum Medications

  • Moxifloxacin 400 mg oral tablets or Levofloxacin 750 mg oral tablets
  • Clindamycin 300 mg oral tablets
  • Ketamine IV
  • Odansetron oral dissolving tablets or IV
  • Tetracaine eye drops or 2% lidocaine without epinephrine (unpreserved)
  • Fluid for ocular irrigation
  • Fluorescein ophthalmic stain

Better Equipment and Medications

Better Equipment

  • Ice packs
  • Direct ophthalmoscope
  • Hypoallergenic tape 

Better Medications

  • IV ertapenem 1 gm
  • Oxymetazoline HCL nasal spray
  • Erythromycin ophthalmic ointment
  • Cyclopentolate hydrochloride 1% eye drops
  • Moxifloxacin 0.5% ophthalmic drops

Best Equipment and Medications

Best Equipment

  • Collgen eye shields (NSN 6515-01-482-9391)
  • Steristrips
  • Polyethylene film (food grade)
  • Oxygen source
  • Urine test strips
  • Portable ultrasound with linear probe

Best Medications

  • Mannitol IV
  • Acetazolamide 250mg oral tablets
  • Corticosteroids IV
  • Timolol 0.5% eye drops
  • Prednisolone acetate 1% eye drops
  • Preservative-free artificial tears
  • Tobramycin/dexamethasone combination eye drops (tobradex)
  • Acyclovir 400 mg oral tablets
  • Vitamin C
  • Tetanus vaccine
  • Human rabies immune globulin and rabies vaccine