Acute Angle Closure Glaucoma - Answer-Emergency! Close the door on them, Painful, cloudy cornea,
tearing, halos
Primary open angle glaucoma - Answer-Not painful, gradual, patients know they have it, PRESSURE 8 TO
21
Retinal detachment - Answer-Buzz: CLOSED THE CURTAIN, FLOATERS, FLASHES OF LIGHT
Cholesteatoma - Answer-Caused by history of ear infections, foul smelling discharge, bone growth in
ear, CAULIFLOWER LIKE GROWTH
Treatment for cholesteatoma - Answer-Refer to ENT for Surgery
Abscess Stomatits - Answer-Buzz: 1 PAINFUL ULCERATION inside of cheek or lip that is very painful,
"college aged person can't eat or drink related to painful ulceration
, Viral stomatitis - Answer-Buzz: MORE THAN 1 ULCERATION inside of cheeks, lips and mouth that is
PAINFUL and BABY will not eat or drink
Papilledema - Answer-Optic disc with blurred edges and is swollen related to increased ocular pressure
caused by UNCONTROLLED HYPERTENSION- Refer to eye dr
AV Nicking - Answer-Artery crosses over a vein causing kinking in the vein causing decreased blood flow.
Blurry vision, double vision car
Buzz: DECREASED BLOOD FLOW= AV NICKING; HYPERTENSION
ALWAYS WITH EYES! - Answer-#1 VISUAL ACUITY! ALWAYS REFER TO ER Or OPHTHALMOLOGY
Koplik spots - Answer-Rubeola (measles); white spots in mouth mucosa
Conductive hearing loss - Answer-Blockage of the external ear canal from wax, foreign body, bone, etc
that prevents sound to get to tympanic membrane
Sensorineural hearing loss - Answer-Hearing loss affected by the middle or inner ear. Caused by disease
or drug
Buzz: HEARING LOSS CAUSED BY A DISEASE OR DRUG
Examples of sensorineural hearing loss - Answer-Presbycusis (hearing loss r/t aging), Ménière's disease,
ototoxicity
Ménière's disease - Answer-Buzz: NYSTAGMUS, sensorineural hearing loss that causes severe vertigo,
nausea, vomiting, ringing in ears
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