NIH Stroke Scale Training and Certification (Latest 2024/2025)

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NIH Stroke Scale Training and Certification rate what they actually do - ✔tips for scoring - ✔-use patient's first response ataxia - ✔-lack of muscle coordination, reflects the affected coordination of one who has experienced a stroke Significance of NIH stroke scale - ✔-necessary prognostic tool for discerning deficits within different parts of body. provides in common language to understand nature of stroke and severity amongst interdisciplinary team. is the NIH stroke scale a measure of disability? - ✔-no, it is a measuring tool of impairments. Relevance to medical specialties - ✔-emergency physicians, neurologists - ✔-- administer scale items in their - exact order - avoid coaching patient - accept patient's 1st effort - score only what patient does - be consistent NIH level of consciousness item 1a - ✔-0 = alert 1 = not alert; aroused with minor verbal stimulation 2 = not alert; requires strong or painful stimulation 3 = reflex movements only or totally unresponsive *coma* NIH level of consciousness item 1B - ✔-based on 2 questions 1) patient's age 2) month 0 = answers both questions correctly 1 = answers one question correctly 2 = answers neither questions correctly NIH level of consciousness item 1C - ✔-ask patient to perform 2 tasks 1) close your eyes, now open them


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