Documentation and Assistive Devices Flashcards
what information should we collect in a patient file? 6
-Patient contact information and personal
information
-Chief complaint reason for coming
-Past health,
-medications
-allergies
-Family history
Good Lighting is vital for partially sighted patients. How does lighting help?
- increases contrast between print and the
background making details more legible
What are 6 optical aids?
- Hand readers
- Stand magnifiers
- Telescopes
- Desktop projection devices
- Strong convex lenses
- Distance magnifiers
What are the advantages of a hand reader? 3
*Small
*Relatively inexpensive
*Easy to carry in a pocket or purse
Why does the lens of the hand reader works? 3
-Smaller the lens area, the greater is the
magnification
-A smaller the lens reduce distortion
-Holding a strong lens close to their eye
increases the viewing area
What are the advantages of stand magnifiers? 5
-prefocused mounting
-Allows stability for patients with
tremors to rest the directly on the
material to be seen
-The power can be as great as 60.00
diopters
-Some have illumination incorporated
within their design
-Reduces postural fatigue
What does a telescope help with as a low vision aid?2
-allow magnification of an object in the distance
-Telescopes aid with:
* Spotting of street signs
* Classroom materials
* Bus signs
* Movies
What are the disadvantages to distance magnifiers? 3
-Reduce the field of vision
-Interfere with correct judgments of
distance
-Illumination may be poo
How are desktop projection devices used?
A camera scans the reading material and
projecting the image onto a monitor The
benefits include magnification available to
×60
What are the advantages to a desktop projection device?
-Adjustable contrast and brightness levels
-Text-to-speech functionality
-Provide the best contrast and most
normal reading posture of any visual aid
What are some typical non-optical visual aids? 5
- Reading rectangle (typoscope)
- Large type
- Yellow filter
- Writing guides
- Marking pens
How does a reading rectangle help?
-Reducing the glare from the surrounding
page can often produce
-useful to find the beginning of the next
line of print to be read
-Helpful with high-magnification aid
who can a reading rectangle help? 2
Patient with cataracts or corneal opacities
can benefit from
How does yellow filter help?
improve the contrast between the dark letters and the white paper
How can a yellow filter be incorporated in things? 4
-Dark yellow clip-ons
-Coating of the lenses with dark yellow
-Dark yellow light bulb in the reading lamp
-Yellow plastic sheet laid on the page
