A Trick for Ocular Anesthetic​

Watch Helen Karellas Bardis, NP, show off her pediatric pearl! This simple trick works well if you need to use ocular anesthetics for pediatric eye exams.Add a few drops of the saline directly onto the fluorescein paper, and then suck the fluid back up into the saline dropper. This way, you don't have to put a piece of paper onto a child's eye. It is far less scary to have drops administered.This trick also works with tetracaine/proparacaine for an all-in-one staining anesthetic.Watch the video.Tags: ocular anesthetic, eye, fluoresceinPublished: 2/25/2017 10:32:00 AM
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