[Severe Eyeball and Facial Skeletal Injuries Caused by Firefighting Sport]. / Schwerwiegende Augen- und Gesichtsskelettverletzungen beim Feuerwehrsport.

The aim of this work is to draw attention to possible injuries of the eye and the facial skeleton caused by firefighting sport. There was a group of 9 patients presented who were treated from 2006 to 2015 in the Department of Ophthalmology at the University Hospital in Pilsen and diagnosed with severe eyeball contusion after being hit by a jet of water and/or a water pipe. Three cases are presented in detail.