Research Catalog

Title

The ophthalmic assistant : a guide for ophthalmic medical personnel / Harold A. Stein, Bernard J. Slatt, Raymond M. Stein.

Author

Stein, Harold A. (Harold Aaron), 1929-

Publication

St. Louis : Mosby, [1994], ©1994.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Slatt, Bernard J., 1934-
• Stein, Raymond M.

Description

xvi, 939 pages, 28 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color); 24 cm

Subjects

• Ophthalmic assistants
• Allied Health Personnel
• Ophthalmology
• Eye > Diseases
• Nurses Instruction

Genre/Form

Nurses Instruction.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 902-905) and index.

Contents

• 1. Anatomy of the eye -- 2. Physiology of the eye -- 3. Optics -- 4. Pharmacology -- 5. Microbiology -- 6. Office efficiency -- 7. History taking -- 8. Preliminary examination -- 9. Understanding ophthalmic equipment -- 10. Refractive errors and how to correct them / David L. Guyton -- 11. Automated refractors -- 12. Facts about glasses -- 13. Rigid contact lenses: basics -- 14. Soft contact lenses -- 15. Advanced techniques in soft and rigid contact lens fitting -- 16. Visual fields -- 17. Automated visual field testing / Howard S. Barnebey and Richard P. Mills -- 18. Ocular injuries -- 19. The urgent case -- 20. Common eye disorders -- 21. Common retinal disorders -- 22. Glaucoma -- 23. Examination of the newborn, infant, and small child / Alex Levin -- 24. Maintenance of ophthalmic equipment and instruments -- 25. Aseptic technique and minor office surgery -- 26. The operative patient -- 27. Highlights of ocular surgery -- 28. The hospital ophthalmic assistant.
• 29. Lasers in ophthalmology / E. R. Simpson -- 30. Ambulatory surgery -- 31. Refractive surgery -- 32. Ocular motility and binocular vision -- 33. Ophthalmic photography / Csaba L. Martonyi -- 34. Advances in diagnostic testing -- 35. Visual aids for the partially sighted -- 36. Blind persons in the modern world -- 37. Reading problems in children -- 38. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation -- 39. Computers in ophthalmic practice / Gerard E. Meltzer -- 40. The role of the ophthalmic medical personnel in clinical ophthalmology practice / Bernard E. Blais -- App. 1 Office supplies in common use -- App. 2 Estimating visual loss -- App. 3 Short forms in clinical use -- App. 4 Vision and driving -- App. 5 Optical constants of the eye -- App. 6 Criteria for certification and recertification of ophthalmic medical personnel -- App. 7 Metric conversion -- App. 8 Diopter to millimeters radius conversion tables -- App. 9 Vertex conversion table -- App. 10 Diopters of corneal refracting power.
• App. 11 Compensation for effect of vertex distances (used when plus lens is moved from the eye) -- App. 12 Compensation for effect of vertex distances (used when plus lens is moved toward the eye) -- App. 13 Dioptric curves for extended range of keratometer -- App. 14 Translations of commonly asked questions and commands -- App. 15 Ocular emergencies -- App. 16 Principles of informed consent.

ISBN

0815175604

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries