Log 2 - Opticians as Health Care Providers Flashcards
1
Q
What is an optician
A
Opticians fit clients with prescription glasses or contact lenses, assist clients in the selection of frames, arrange the production of lenses or contacts and mount lenses in the frames.
2
Q
Duties of an optician
A
- analyze and interpret prescriptions
- help customers select frames
- advise customers of lenses and frame types
- refer to other health care professionals when necessary
- take measurements
- prepare work orders of optical technicians
- assemble eyeglasses
- appropriate adjustments
3
Q
what is triage
A
the sorting out and classification of patients to determine priority of need and the proper place of treatment
- red light - emergency
- yellow light - urgent (same day treatment)
- green light - non-urgent (general referral to ophthalmological attention few days to week)
4
Q
definition of W.A.S.P
A
W - When did each sign or symptom first occur
A - Appearance (eye, watering, swollen)
S- Sight or visual change
P - Pain
5
Q
Red Light - True Emergencies
A
- immediate care is needed
- sudden or transient loss of vision (with or without pain)
- central retinal artery occlusion
- massive retinal detachment
- vitreous hemorrhage
- temporal arteritis
6
Q
Yellow Light - Same Day
A
- should be seen same day
- infection or extreme pain
- swollen eyelid
- painful eye
- diplopia and ptosis
- unequal pupil size
- light flashes
- areas of blank vision
- trauma to eye
- recent surgical patients
7
Q
Green Light - Non Urgent
A
- few weeks ago symptoms
- headaches
- halos
- when in doubt book asap
8
Q
Primary function of an optician
A
Dispense eyeglasses
