OT skills guide: Testing pupils

This video was launched to OT members in 2016

Dr Janis Orr demonstrates how to test pupillary function. This video shows how to check direct, consensual and near responses, how to investigate anisocoria and how to check for a relative afferent pupillary defect (RAPD).

[emmanuelmarychinecherem]

It's this basic things that will draw more viewers in this channel... Thanks.

[neginletafatkar]

That was really helpful. Thanks a lot 💛

[lewiskalmar]

Thanks for this great video. The graphical explanations are really useful. I do however have one suggestion for the Swinging flashlight test - stress the importance of moving the light from OD to OS rapidly, not "taking a detour under the nose" as the contralateral eye will then have the opportunity to dilate thus giving a false positive RAPD. Many students make this mistake and "find" an disproportional number of patients with "RAPD". A good example of the correct testing procedure can be seen here: (view from 2 min10 sec). This video also shows how to quantify the RAPD using neutral density filters.

[dsog-music-tv]

❤❤ perfect as indeed to understand thanks