TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Slit Lamp Examination A1 - Franzen, Douglas S. A1 - Lewis, Nathan j. A2 - Sherman, Scott C. A2 - Weber, Joseph M. A2 - Schindlbeck, Michael A. A2 - Rahul G., Patwari Y1 - 2014 N1 - T2 - Clinical Emergency Medicine AB - Familiarity with the controls is critical to performing a slit lamp examination.When positioning the patient for the exam, make sure that their forehead is touching the forehead brace and encourage them to keep it there.When using a slit lamp to remove a corneal foreign body, first guide the removal device (eg, 25-gauge needle) to the eye under direct vision, then switch to the magnified view.To prevent puncturing the cornea, keep the removal device tangential to the globe at all times. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/19 UR - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1101228218 ER -