Contents

1 Contents1 Ophthalmic Patient Services & Patient Education .. Systemic & Ocular Diseases .. disease .. Systemic & Ocular Diseases .. Anatomy & Physiology .. Safety Glasses .. Patient Instruction .. & Treatments .. Dressings .. Flow .. Triage .. Forms & Manuals .. Vital Signs .. CPR ..92 History General History .. Presenting Complaint .. Past Ocular History .. Past Medical History .. Conditions .. Surgeries .. Medications .. Social History .. Family History ..14iiiivCONTENTS3 Ocular Medicines (Instilling and Identifying).

2 Instilling .. Identifying .. vs Topical vs Systemic .. Codes for Topical Ocular Medications .. Educate Patients on Medications .. Drug Reactions ..184 Supplemental Intraocular Lens Power Calculation .. Anterior Chamber Depth .. Pachymetry .. Calibrate Biometry Instruments .. Tear Tests .. Glare Testing .. Color Vision Testing .. Contact A-Scan .. Laser Interferometry (IOL Master) ..225 Visual Visual Acuity .. Potential Acuity Meter .. Pinhole Acuity ..256 Assisting In Surgical General .. Instrument Preparation.

3 Refractive Surgery .. Sterile Fields .. Aseptic Technique .. Nonrefractive Laser Therapy .. Intraocular Injections .. Sterilization .. Site Identification .. Laser Safety .. Assist with Procedures ..307 Refractive Errors .. Lenses .. Automated Refractometry .. Manifest Refractometry ..338 Medical Ethics, Legal, and Regulatory Third-Party Coding .. Government and Institutional Rules and Regulations .. Quality Assurance .. Ethical and Legal Standards .. Scribing .. Confidentiality .. Informed Consent.

4 Insurances ..369 Equipment Maintenance & Instrument Identification .. Cleaning Instruments ..3810 Goldmann Applanation Tonometer .. Clean .. Disinfect .. Calibrate .. Measuring .. Complications .. Other Tonometry Methods .. Intraocular Pressure Dynamics ..4211 Visual Amsler Grid .. Confrontation Fields .. Automated Perimetry ..4412 Pupillary Measure .. Compare .. Evaluate ..4713 Automated Lensometry .. Manual Lensometry .. Add Power .. Prism ..5014 Corneal Curvature .. Astigmatism .. Keratometry .. Calibration.

5 5415 Ocular Introduction to muscles & muscle movements .. Versions & Ductions .. Tropias & Phorias .. Cover Tests .. Stereoacuity .. Nystagmus ..57viCONTENTS16 Ophthalmic Slit-Lamp/Anterior Segment Photography .. Fundus Photography .. External Photography .. Diagnostic/Standardized A-Scan .. Corneal Topography .. Scanning Laser Tests for Glaucoma/Retina ..6017 Spectacle Introduction to lenses .. Transposing .. Spherical Equivalent ..6218 Contact Measure .. Patient Instruction .. Pathology from Contact Lens Misuse .. Fitting .. Fitting: Soft Contacts.

6 Fitting: Hard Contacts .. PMMA Lenses (Polymethylmethacrylate) .. Bandage Contact Lenses ..6719 Office Antisepsis .. Universal Precautions ..6920 Review of Ocular Orbit .. Extraocular Muscles .. Eyelids .. Lacrimal Apparatus .. Abnormalities of the Eye .. Cornea & Sclera .. Anterior Chamber .. Uveal Tract .. Crystalline Lens .. Nerve ..7221 Practice Test73 PrefaceThis book may be bought purpose of me writing this guide is three fold.(1) A study guide should be high-yield, not filled with unnecessary information.(2) A study guide should give the reader opportunity to be tested on material that islearned to increase retention and learning.

7 (3) A study guide should be overviewThe chapters of this book are as follows:1. Ophthalmic Patient Services & basic surgeries in understanding of some anatomy. This section also samples a few topics from laterchapters. It is suggested that you read review of Ocular Diseases??-??before History basic principles of history taking. What questions to ask. Whatare important facts that come up during dialogue between you and the to the ophthalmic medications. This chapter also in-cludes information on instilling Visual rules for assessing a patients vision and how to recordwhat the patient sees.

8 It will also be necessary to know how to convert from metricunits for the Assisting In Surgical what different instruments are and howto use them are important in assisting in surgical a manifest refraction in both plus and minus Medical Ethics, Legal, and Regulatory introduction to legal issues withinthe scope of ophthalmic Equipment Maintenance & introduction to maintaining to obtain eye pressure. Knowing different methods for obtainingIOP and understanding those Visual what a visual field is and the basics of common visual Pupillary introduction to assessing pupillary movement.

9 Knowinghow to find afferent pupillary the difference between manual lensometry and automatic lensom-etry. Also, how to obtain manual lensometry13. knowledge of eye curvature and how to obtain Ocular introduction to eye movement and the six muscles involved inocular Ophthalmic differences between ophthalmic imaging equipment andtheir Spectacle introduction to spectacles. Their components and Contact introduction modern contact lenses. Comparing modern con-tact lenses and safety microbiology related to the eye and how to protect againstinfection within the scope of Review of Ocular general introduction to ocular practice test to aid in preparing for the COA COA Study Guidewas written in the order of most weighted to least weightedmaterial.

10 This means that the first chapters are the chapters that will have the mostquestions on the I wrote this guide I realized that this may not be the optimal way to study sincethe most weighted sections pull from other sections of the book. To this day I still thinkthat this is the best way to organize the information even though it may require the readerto reference a chapter later in the book while studying the first couple , exercises, and appendicesExamples and within-chapter exercises throughout the textbook may be identified by theirdistinctive bullets: Example filled bullets signal the start of an solutions to examples are provided and often include an accompanying table orfigure.