RR: Sports Vision/Miscellaneous Flashcards
What is the most common presenting initial diagnosis of traumatic injuries in sports trauma?
Corneal abrasion
For the patients requiring hospital admission, what was the leading cause of diagnosis?
Hyphema
As an employer, the law requires you to provide a ____ workplace.
Safe
What can result in the maximum fine from OSHA?
Restricted egress - stopping the inspectors from walking around the room.
Modification of what 4 tasks characteristics can enhance visual performance?
- Contrast
- Size
- Lighting
- Viewing time
What is the first line of defense to protect the eyes from projectiles?
Industrial safety glasses
When there is a potential for injury from flying objects, what does OSHA require?
Sideshields on the frames
- not mandatory
To protect the eyes from chemicals, what is the best solution/type of eyewear?
Face-fitting goggles
Chemical goggles have what type of ventilation to protect against splashed liquids?
Indirect ventilation
AOA guidelines for UV protection recommend that sunglasses provide at least ___% protection from solar UV radiation at wavelengths below ___nm..
99%
400nm
What color polycarbonate sunglasses will provide protection needed for AOA guidelines?
gray, green and bown
Gray, green and brown CR-39 plastic sunglasses need what extra coating to reach 99% UV protection?
UV-protective dye
T/F: Contact lenses themselves do not provide eye protection in the industrial sense.
True
OSHA and ANSI recommend what for contact lens wearers working in industrial areas?
eye protection must be worn over contact lenses
The protectors satisfying the ANSI safety requirements will carry a _____ mark on both the lens and the frame. What about compliant prescripton lenses?
- Z87+
- Z87-2+
