Ramblings of an Emergency Physician in Texas

Archive for May 23rd, 2004

Clinical Tip

Posted by GruntDoc on 23rd May 2004

When examining the pupil, it’s preferable to have the patient look into your own eyes. “Look into my eyes” should be left to horror movies and pickup bars, so a different approach is needed.

Let me explain how I learned what to say, and what not to say.

I used to say “Look at my nose, here”.

One patient said “why would I look at your nose hair?”

Now, I say “look at my glasses”. That works fine.

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