Paucis Verbis card: NIH Stroke Scale

Patients present with acute strokes to the Emergency Department. Time is of the essence to obtain a rapid neurologic exam, draw labs, get CT imaging, and consulting a neurologist especially if the patient presents within 3 hours of onset. To help the neurologist determine whether the patient should get thrombolytics, calculating a NIH Stroke Scale score is useful.

In this installment of the Paucis Verbis (In a Few Words) e-card series, here is the NIHSS scoresheet.

   Score 0         No stroke
   Score 1-4      Minor stroke
   Score 5-15    Moderate stroke
   Score 16-20  Moderate-severe stroke
   Score 21-42  Severe stroke




Feel free to download this card and print on a 4'' x 6'' index card.
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