Here are some tips to deal with eye injuries, from RevolutionHealth.com’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Jeffrey Gruen.
Since 1990, there have been about 100,000 fireworks- related injuries to children in the U.S., resulting in approximately 10,000 permanent injuries.
Eye injuries, including blindness, are the second most common injury, after burns.
In case of an eye injury, do not let a child rub their eye. Instead, place a protective patch over the eye. Do not apply ointment. Do not give aspirin or ibuprofen because both can thin the blood.
Call 911 or go immediately to an emergency room, even if there is no pain after a blunt impact injury. Serious eye injuries from blunt impact can occur days later.
Library book club meets
Readers are invited to the daytime book group that meets at the Mukilteo Library.
The group’s next meeting is scheduled for 10 a.m. Tuesday at the library at 4675 Harbour Pointe Blvd.
The featured book of the upcoming meeting is “Tulip Fever” by Deborah Moggach. The author has written a dozen novels and two collections of short stories.
Wednesday holiday brings closures
Wednesday is the Fourth of July. Here are some resulting closures:
Government: Federal, state and local offices will be closed.
Schools: Closed, including colleges.
Post offices: Closed, although Express Mail service continues.
Commerce: Most businesses and banks will be closed. Malls and some retail stores will be open.
Transportation: Community Transit and Everett Transit will be on Sunday schedules. The Mukilteo, Clinton, Edmonds and Kingston ferries will operate on a holiday schedule.
The Herald: Newspapers should arrive by 7:30 a.m. Delivery customer service phone lines will be open from 7:30-11:30 a.m. The Herald lobby and classified lines will be closed.
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