Eyes, Ears, & Mouth - Study Flashcards
What is the most common eye medication given? (Eye drops)
Timolol (Beta Blocker)
Increase of intraorbital eye pressure that is a medical emergency & you can go blind within 2 days OR risk of, with frequent screening:
Glaucoma
What increases the risk for airway loss?
Singed facial hair
Mnemonic for remembering cranial nerves involved with the eyes:
Check Cranial Nerves 3, 4, and 6 to see if the eyes do tricks
Pupil constriction of respective eye:
Direct light reflex
Light shined on one eye, yet opposite eye has simultaneous pupil constriction:
Consensual light reflex
The eye is attracted reflexively moves toward an object drawing a person’s attention:
Fixation
Eye adaptation in setting of near vision:
Accomodation
Blind spot noted in setting of glaucoma or other pathology:
Scotoma
Two images on one object; Deviation of two eye parallel axes:
Strabismus / Diplopia
Normal vision acuity:
20/20
Screening for peripheral vision loss:
Confrontation test
Done by shining light into one eye approx. 12 inches away from eye, note light reflection in same spot of each of the two corneas:
Hirschberg test (corneal light reflex)
6 cardinal positions of gaze:
Diagnostic positions test
6 cardinal positions of gaze normal results:
Both eyes track object in parallel
Fine oscillating movement around the iris
Nystagmus
Scleral icterus is associated with:
Jaundice
Dilated and fixed pupils indicate:
Brain death
Dilated pupils indicate:
INCP increased or injury
Abnormal, small pinpoint pupils indicate:
Opioid overdose
PERRLA
Pupils equal, round, reactive to light, and accommodating
Name this condition:
Periorbital edema / swelling
Exophthalmos
Eye protrusion
Associated with trauma, acute glaucoma, CNS injury, and deep anesthesia:
Mydriasis
