A Tick in the Eye

In continuing with the tick theme as noted in a recent entry, I wanted to share this other tick story with you. Perhaps if I had gotten my sign up. . .

So this dude presented to the to emergency room (thank God it was during daylight hours) stating he has had something in his eye since the day before. He had been working outside and couldn't place anything as going into his eye. Naturally the emergency room immediately punted to us without an eye exam.

The eye looked pretty good at the surface. But further inspection with flipping of the lid revealed a moving target. Usually, a tick on the eye bites and latches on tight - much like skin. But this guy was moving, trying to avoid the giant approaching Q-tip. A single swipe and he was out of there.

Is there anything we can do that doesn't require the use of safety goggles?