March is National Save Your Vision Month, and the Defense Department
wants service members to take care of their eyes by wearing eye
protection when performing dangerous work, reducing eye strain and
routinely undergoing eye examinations. That's the word from the
DOD.
In
this Feb. 6, 2006, file photo, U.S. Army 1st Lt. Anthony Aguilar wears
the ballistic protective eyewear that prevented a bomb fragment from
possibly damaging his eyes when an improvised explosive device detonated
near his Stryker vehicle while on patrol in Mosul, Iraq. U.S. Army
photo
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Dr. Robert Mazzoli, an ophthalmologist at the Vision Center of
Excellence at Madigan Army Medical Center in Tacoma, Wash., noted the
Iraq and Afghanistan wars of more than a decade produced a historic high
in the percentage of eye injuries.
“When we were first going
into Iraq, eye injuries accounted for 25 percent of all combat
casualties,” he said. “That's because people weren't wearing their eye
protection.”
On
April 6 at Foxwoods Resort and Casino, OpticalCEUs founder Linda Conlin discusses in greater depth the role of contact lenses and eyewear protection in the workplace.
Her course “
Contact Lenses on the Job”
will address the advantages and disadvantages of contact lens wear in a
variety of work environments, show when contact lenses are appropriate
and provide instruction on how to respond to contact lens wear-related
problems in the workplace.
Want to learn more? Get your ABO/NCLE credits by reserving your spot at our spring conference.
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