You Are Assessing a Patient Who Is in Bright Sunlight

question 109

Multiple Choice

You are assessing a patient who is in bright sunlight after collapsing in the hot sun at a picnic. If you cannot immediately move the patient out of the sun, assessment of the pupils will be made more accurate by:

• A) shading the patient's eyes.
• B) using a blue-tinged light.
• C) retracting the eyelid.
• D) hydrating the eyes with saline drops.

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