A day in Clinic in 14 seconds

A day in ophthalmology clinic in 14 seconds:

1/ Yes, I still wear an N95 at work since I get pretty close to patients when examining their eyes.

2/ I should count my steps on clinic days. I do a lot of walking back and forth between the exam rooms and my office.

3/ If I got a nickel every time I can't find my badge...

4/ Wash your hands. Wash your hands. Wash your hands.

5/ My lenses! These allow me to look inside your eyes. (I've had this case for over 10 years!)

6/ A slit lamp has a bright light and biomicroscope to examine your eyes.

7/ Ishihara plates are used to check for color blindness.

8/ We check your vision one eye at a time. You'd be surprised how many people don't realize when one of their eyes is blurry!

9/ Fun fact: The big E correlates with 20/200 vision. If you cannot see this letter with your better seeing eye, you are considered legally blind.

10/ Fluorescein eye drops are used to numb (so you are more comfortable during your exam) and to examine the surface of the eye.

11/ The blue light on the slit lamp serves 2 purposes: to check intraocular eye pressure with an applanator and to visualize fluorescein uptake by scratches on your eye.

12/ The head lamp or indirect ophthalmolscope gives us a wide field of view inside your eye.