CRITICAL THINKING 1. Obtain a list of ophthalmic medications used at your facility
or refer to Fig. 10.4 to answer the following questions.
A. What local anesthetic medications are used?
B. What viscoelastic agents are used?
C. What miotics are used?
D. What mydriatics and cycloplegics are used?
2. If you are in the clinical portion of your program, do the
anesthesia care providers at your facility use ointments
to help protect patients' eyes? If yes, what ointments are
3. List two ways in which aseptic technique is used to help to
prevent infections during ophthalmic surgery.
used?