A client comes into the emergency department with an eye injury. Which assessment findings suggest that this injury is the result of blunt trauma? Select all that apply.

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A)Blunt trauma to the eye can cause lid ecchymosis, or a black eye, and subconjunctival hemorrhage, which would be indicated by a well-defined bright area of erythema under the conjunctiva. Decreased visual acuity (sharpness of vision)and eye pain can occur because of trauma-related hyphema, or bleeding into the anterior chamber of the eye. A feeling of something in the eye is typically caused by a foreign body on the conjunctiva. Photophobia and eye tearing are most often seen in corneal abrasions, not blunt trauma.
B)Blunt trauma to the eye can cause lid ecchymosis, or a black eye, and subconjunctival hemorrhage, which would be indicated by a well-defined bright area of erythema under the conjunctiva. Decreased visual acuity (sharpness of vision)and eye pain can occur because of trauma-related hyphema, or bleeding into the anterior chamber of the eye. A feeling of something in the eye is typically caused by a foreign body on the conjunctiva. Photophobia and eye tearing are most often seen in corneal abrasions, not blunt trauma.
C)Blunt trauma to the eye can cause lid ecchymosis, or a black eye, and subconjunctival hemorrhage, which would be indicated by a well-defined bright area of erythema under the conjunctiva. Decreased visual acuity (sharpness of vision)and eye pain can occur because of trauma-related hyphema, or bleeding into the anterior chamber of the eye. A feeling of something in the eye is typically caused by a foreign body on the conjunctiva. Photophobia and eye tearing are most often seen in corneal abrasions, not blunt trauma.
D)Blunt trauma to the eye can cause lid ecchymosis, or a black eye, and subconjunctival hemorrhage, which would be indicated by a well-defined bright area of erythema under the conjunctiva. Decreased visual acuity (sharpness of vision)and eye pain can occur because of trauma-related hyphema, or bleeding into the anterior chamber of the eye. A feeling of something in the eye is typically caused by a foreign body on the conjunctiva. Photophobia and eye tearing are most often seen in corneal abrasions, not blunt trauma.
E)Blunt trauma to the eye can cause lid ecchymosis, or a black eye, and subconjunctival hemorrhage, which would be indicated by a well-defined bright area of erythema under the conjunctiva. Decreased visual acuity (sharpness of vision)and eye pain can occur because of trauma-related hyphema, or bleeding into the anterior chamber of the eye. A feeling of something in the eye is typically caused by a foreign body on the conjunctiva. Photophobia and eye tearing are most often seen in corneal abrasions, not blunt trauma.

A Client Comes into the Emergency Department with an Eye