Slit lamp - patient steps

Getting a comfortable position for both you and the patient is very important. This is well covered in Gord's videos in the Overview. Here are some points that tend to be overlooked. 

Use of the forehead band - this is from another video we found on YouTube:

The Black Mark!- using it to center the eye vertically:

Swap hands for the other eye - there are several advantages to being ambidextrous with the slit lamp:

Red light for gaze fixation:

Chasing focus across anterior structures: 

Instilling fluorescein: