[gwenith]

Good point Sharann - suspicion of c-spine injury always goes hand in hand with head injury. Even Hickey (the long time bible of neuro nursing) states that doll's eye reflex should be performed by a medical practitioner.

[TinyNurse]

wow as a new grad i had my first dolls eyes last week......
turn the pateints head and the eyes don't move opposite.
The doc was with me the entire time and said it........ finally as a new grad i saw it.........

[UK2USA]

In the UK the Doll's Eye test is one of the tests that we make to ascertain brain stem death.

[heysmalls]

There is a comatose pt in our unit from very low blood sugar for so long. When we hold her eyelids up and look at her eyes, they move back and forth. You can tell that she is not focusing on anything around. The eyes just move on their own. What could this be from? Is it an indication of severe brain damage?

[tentwinkletoes69]

An experienced critical care nurse told us to remember dolls eyes this way:

Expensive dolls have eyes that move, and it is better to have an expensive doll vs. one with eyes that do not move!