OPHTHALMIC TECHNICIAN UPDATED EXAMS
SCRIPT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Why is Endothelium layer of the Cornea important? - ✔✔- thin, innermost layer of
cornea
- Endothelial cells are essential in keeping cornea clear.
** Normally fluid leaks slowly from inside the eye into middle corneal layer (stroma).
Endothelium's primary task is to pump this excess fluid out of the stroma. W/O pumping
action, stroma will swell w/water, become hazy, and opaque
- Endothelium cells can never be replaced, other than corneal transplant
✔✔What does it mean if IOP is too high? - ✔✔could be Glaucoma
✔✔What does it mean if IOP is too low? - ✔✔Iritis or Retinal Detachment
✔✔QD - ✔✔once a day
✔✔BID - ✔✔twice a day
✔✔QHS - ✔✔every night at bedtime
✔✔TID - ✔✔three times a day
, ✔✔QID - ✔✔four times a day
✔✔QOD - ✔✔every other day
✔✔QWK - ✔✔every week
✔✔QYR - ✔✔every year
✔✔Q2WKS - ✔✔every 2 weeks
✔✔Q2YRS - ✔✔every 2 years
✔✔PRN - ✔✔as needed
✔✔RTO - ✔✔return to office
✔✔DFE - ✔✔dilated fundus exam
✔✔OD - ✔✔right eye
✔✔OS - ✔✔left eye
✔✔OU - ✔✔both eyes
✔✔SPECS - ✔✔glasses
✔✔VA - ✔✔visual acuity
✔✔I + R - ✔✔insertion and removal
✔✔DV - ✔✔distance vision
✔✔NV - ✔✔near vision
✔✔NCT - ✔✔Non-contact tonometry (puff test)
✔✔SC - ✔✔without correction (glasses or lenses)
✔✔CC - ✔✔with correction (glasses or lenses)
✔✔P - ✔✔after
SCRIPT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Why is Endothelium layer of the Cornea important? - ✔✔- thin, innermost layer of
cornea
- Endothelial cells are essential in keeping cornea clear.
** Normally fluid leaks slowly from inside the eye into middle corneal layer (stroma).
Endothelium's primary task is to pump this excess fluid out of the stroma. W/O pumping
action, stroma will swell w/water, become hazy, and opaque
- Endothelium cells can never be replaced, other than corneal transplant
✔✔What does it mean if IOP is too high? - ✔✔could be Glaucoma
✔✔What does it mean if IOP is too low? - ✔✔Iritis or Retinal Detachment
✔✔QD - ✔✔once a day
✔✔BID - ✔✔twice a day
✔✔QHS - ✔✔every night at bedtime
✔✔TID - ✔✔three times a day
, ✔✔QID - ✔✔four times a day
✔✔QOD - ✔✔every other day
✔✔QWK - ✔✔every week
✔✔QYR - ✔✔every year
✔✔Q2WKS - ✔✔every 2 weeks
✔✔Q2YRS - ✔✔every 2 years
✔✔PRN - ✔✔as needed
✔✔RTO - ✔✔return to office
✔✔DFE - ✔✔dilated fundus exam
✔✔OD - ✔✔right eye
✔✔OS - ✔✔left eye
✔✔OU - ✔✔both eyes
✔✔SPECS - ✔✔glasses
✔✔VA - ✔✔visual acuity
✔✔I + R - ✔✔insertion and removal
✔✔DV - ✔✔distance vision
✔✔NV - ✔✔near vision
✔✔NCT - ✔✔Non-contact tonometry (puff test)
✔✔SC - ✔✔without correction (glasses or lenses)
✔✔CC - ✔✔with correction (glasses or lenses)
✔✔P - ✔✔after
