# Answers

### What kind of dressing should be used on penetrating eye trauma with an impaled object?

- For protruding/impaled objects extending past the eye shield, cut a hole in it to allow the object to fit through. If you cannot cut the eye shield, place a bulky dressing around the penetrating object.

### True or False: Protecting the injured eye with an eye shield is just as safe as using a patch or a pressure dressing?

- False

### True or False: Only the injured eye should be covered with an eye shield?

- True