2.1 Pt Services

Question 1

In Triage, what is more immediate to come in? Emergency or Urgent

Answer 1

Emergency is same day. More immediate. Urgent is next few days

Question 2

Trauma with penetrating globe injury is: emergency or urgent

Answer 2

Emergency

Question 3

Gradual loss of vision is: emergency or urgent

Answer 3

Urgent

Question 4

Acid or Alkaline burns are more toxic to the ocular surface?

Answer 4

Alkaline burns are the most toxic to an ocular surface because it can rapidly melt a cornea (ammonia/ lime/ lye/ plaster)

Question 5

Pt calls after splashing ammonia in eye, what do you tell them to do first?

Answer 5

rinse at home with tap water for 15-20min

Question 6

Steps to if a pt feels faint in office

Answer 6

1. Sit with head below heart 2. Loosen collar 3. Smelling salt 4. Reassure

Question 7

Define legal blindness

Answer 7

20/200 or worse in better eye or only 20deg left in their visual field in the better eye

Question 8

Steps to taking VA in a legally blind pt

Answer 8

Largest letter on Snellen then Count Fingers then Hand Motion then light perception then light perception with projection

Question 9

Mnemonic VA legally blind

Answer 9

Tip/ snip (snellen), move in to fingers (count fingers), move in to hand (hand motion), then move in the heart (light perception

Question 10

What is a papoose board

Answer 10

Flat board with straps for violent kids

Question 11

Name the Chart for toddlers

Answer 11

Allen (old school pictures: hand, cord phone, horse, cake, plane, etc)

Question 12

Name the chart for adults unable to read

Answer 12

Tumbling E (use fingers to point in direction the E is facing)