| SNIP SNIP | CHINESE PEOPLE | GO WITH THE FLOW | YOU GOT SOMETHING GOING ON WITH YOUR EYE ... | KNOW YOUR FELLOW TECH |
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What is an #11 blade?
Bonus: Locate both an 11 and a 15 blade from the pile of instruments
This is the blade used for chalazion incision and curettage
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What is all Asian people are good at math?
This is a myth about an innate ability of Asian people
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What is instrument cleaning and sterilizing?
This should be done at the end of clinic (not the middle)
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What is ENtropion?
This is a condition in which the eyelid turns in and the lashes rub against the surface of the eye
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Who is Katie?
This tech recently had (still has?) a houseful of puppies.
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What is a chalazion clamp?
Bonus: Please locate it in the pile of instruments
This is used to clamp and evert the eyelid
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What is "please" ... ?
The lack of use of the word is unintentional, it's just a weird upbringing thing.
For reasons unknown, this is a word many Asian people do not use
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What are disposable battery-powered handheld cauteries?
These are one-time use items
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What is ECtropion?
This is a condition in which the eyelid turns out and becomes irritated, red, and swollen.
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Who is Carol?
Bonus: How old is the youngest?
This tech has 12 grandchildren.
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What is a 30-gauge and an 18-gauge?
Bonus: Please locate one of each of the following from the pile: 18, 22, 25, 30, and 32 gauge needle
This is the correct needle for injecting local anesthetic and this is the correct needle for filling the syringe
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What is 6?
This is my glove size
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What is 0 or 1?
This is the ideal number of charts that should be waiting in my "checked in" front desk bin
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What is dermatochalasis is EXCESS EYELID SKIN and ptosis is DROOPY EYELIDS?
BONUS: Is it possible to have both?
This is the difference between dermatochalasis and ptosis.
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Who is Lynette?
This tech used to scrub general surgery, urology, and gyn cases in the OR
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What is a handheld cautery?
Bonus: Please locate both a hi temp and a lo temp from the pile of instruments
This instrument comes in two flavors: "hi" and "lo"
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What is $40 billion?
This was the estimated cost of the 2008 Beijing summer Olympic games
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What is the amount of time a patient should be kept waiting after their scheduled appointment time?
**Not always possible, but worth striving for
No more than 10 minutes in the waiting room
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What is a manifest refraction?
This is ideally something that is done on every potential cataract surgery patient and every premium IOL patient between the 1st and 2nd eye surgeries.
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Who are Dani, Teri, and Linda Dean?
These three techs used to work together at the same practice when they first graduated from tech school
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What is 0.12 --> 0.3 --> 0.5 --> Adsons?
Bonus: Locate them in the pile of instruments
This is the correct ordering of toothed forceps from smallest to largest
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What are a concise chief complaint, brief summary of the pertinent history, past medical history, vision, and pupils?
These are the most valuable parts of a patient work-up to me (5 components)
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What is a list of who referred every patient seen in clinic that day?
This is a list I need to receive at the end of every clinic
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What is dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR)?
Bonus: Please pick from the pile the instruments needed for probing and irrigation in clinic.
This is the procedure required to treat complete nasolacrimal duct obstruction.
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Who is Adriane?
Bonus: Why?
This tech is not on Facebook for a unique reason
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