Emergency
Eyecare

Deanne Bradford our Optometrist is therapeutically endorsed with the Graduate Certificate in Ocular Therapeutics from UNSW, so can manage any concerning eye emergencies.

Services include:

  • Removal of foreign body, including welding metal

  • Red eye (with or without pain)

  • Conjunctivitis, including viral bacterial or allergy related

  • Dry scratchy eyes

  • Eyelash removal

There are some conditions listed below which can be sight or life threatening that need to be seen urgently:

Call 45773471 for urgent attention. Our staff are trained to triage the level of care that is required. Deanne can see you and refer you to the appropriate specialist should it be necessary.

  • Any eye trauma especially blunt or penetrating injury

  • Sudden loss of vision or blurry vision either in one or both eyes

  • Loss of peripheral vision

  • Pain

  • Flashes of light and floaters in the periphery

  • Waviness in your vision

  • Red eye with pain

  • Double vision

  • Severe headache, especially in the temporal region

  • Swollen eyelid/s

After hours you can go to/call:

Hawkesbury Hospital Emergency Department (02) 4560 5555

Westmead Hospital Emergency Department (02) 8890 6520

Sydney Eye Hospital Emergency Department (02) 9382 7111

Royal North Shore Hospital Emergency Department (02) 9926 7111