Chapter 125 - Part E: Tissue Dies on a Clock

About this episode

This episode concludes the textbook series on ophthalmic surgery, emphasizing the urgency in triaging eye emergencies.

In this BoardsCast episode, we finish Tobias with Chapter 125 — Emergency Ophthalmic Surgery — the final chapter of Tobias and the final episode in this textbook series. And we end with the one mental model that upgrades how you triage every eye emergency: The eye is not waiting. The clock is already running. Some ophthalmic problems aren’t “diagnose then schedule.” They’re active tissue-destruction events where the eye gets worse while you’re deciding what to do. This episode ties everything...

People in this episode

Host: Simini Podcasts

Topics covered

• ophthalmic surgery
• emergency medicine
• eye emergencies
• triage
• medical education

Keywords

• ophthalmic surgery
• eye emergency
• triage
• tissue destruction
• medical education

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Tobias, Chapter 125, Emergency Ophthalmic Surgery

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• Chapter 125 - Part D: The Eye Is an Optical Alignment System · June 11, 2026 · 21 min
• Chapter 125 - Part C: The Outside Protects the Inside · June 11, 2026 · 17 min
• Chapter 125 - Part A: The Eye Is a Machine Under Pressure · June 11, 2026 · 21 min
• Chapter 125 - Part B: Save the Wall Before You Save the Vision · June 11, 2026 · 21 min
• Chapter 124 - Part C: The Ocular Surface Maintenance System · June 3, 2026 · 20 min
• Chapter 124 - Part B: The Eyelid Is Not Skin · June 3, 2026 · 22 min