Archive for July of 2007
I'm still here!
July 25, 2007
Sorry it's been so long since my last update, but I've had very limited internet access since I was done with my internship and I was so busy vacationing in Hawaii! I'm back in California now but I can't do any major updates until next week. Until then, stay posted for more!!!
Hawaii internship - Week 5
July 11, 2007
Monday (at TAMC)
- Practiced a refraction on a cyclopleged patient (cyclopleged = focusing system is paralyzed). When refracting a cyclopleged patient, if their refraction is more plus than their uncyclopleged result then the patient is accommodating therefore straining their eyes when they are not wearing correction. Since the patient is accommodating, they will probably complain of headaches when doing near work e.g. reading.
- Observed an RGP (Rigid Gas Permeable) contact lens fit, through the slit lamp and fluorescein (see past blog)
- Practiced a refraction on a cyclopleged patient (cyclopleged = focusing system is paralyzed). When refracting a cyclopleged patient, if their refraction is more plus than their uncyclopleged result then the patient is accommodating therefore straining their eyes when they are not wearing correction. Since the patient is accommodating, they will probably complain of headaches when doing near work e.g. reading.
- Observed an RGP (Rigid Gas Permeable) contact lens fit, through the slit lamp and fluorescein (see past blog)
Hawaii internship - Week 4
July 01, 2007
Monday
- Learned how to use the Goldmann tonometer, which is a device that is attached to the slit lamp and gets a reading of the patient’s eye pressure (high eye pressure is a red flag for glaucoma).
- Helped with tech screenings including taking pictures with the fundus camera and conducting pachymetry (corneal thickness measurement) for the first time. Pachymetry is pretty interesting since you have to push a probe onto the surface of the often anxious patient’s eye.
- Learned how to use the Goldmann tonometer, which is a device that is attached to the slit lamp and gets a reading of the patient’s eye pressure (high eye pressure is a red flag for glaucoma).
- Helped with tech screenings including taking pictures with the fundus camera and conducting pachymetry (corneal thickness measurement) for the first time. Pachymetry is pretty interesting since you have to push a probe onto the surface of the often anxious patient’s eye.