Table 1.

Signs and symptoms requiring immediate ophthalmic referral.¹⁰

1.	Sudden decrease in or loss of vision
2.	Loss of field of vision
3.	Pain on movement of the eye
4.	Photophobia
5.	Diplopia
6.	Proptosis of the eye
7.	Light flashes or floaters
8.	Irregularly shaped pupil
9.	Foreign-body sensation/embedded foreign body
10.	Hyphaema (blood in anterior chamber)
11.	Halos around lights
12.	Laceration of the lid margin or near medial canthus
13.	Broken contact lens or shattered eyeglasses
14.	Suspected globe perforations