There is provided an eye shield for releasable mounting to a face of a patient used to inhibit direct pressure being applied to an eye or eyes of the patient during a medical procedure including a resiliently deformable base having at least one aperture extending therethrough that correspond to the position of an eye or eyes of the patient and a curved flexible transparent cover plate attached to an upper surface of the base and extending over the at least one aperture the cover plate including first and second eye cover portions joined by an integral hinge member therebetween wherein the eye shield is attached to the face around the orbital rims of the respective eyes and the first and second eye cover portions are configured to pivot relative to each other around the hinge member and flex along their respective spans to generally conform to the shape of the face.
