NIHSS Cheat sheet?

[AlphaPig]

Anyone have or know where I can find a great NIHSS cheat sheet to help me remember how to do it? I am certified. . .a year ago. . .and we do it infrequently but once in a while a doctor will order it and I am always clueless.

thanks

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NIH

(Admit/Tx & 24H then PRN)

Rankin (PT/OT)

Swallow (Screen &ST)

Stroke Education (Q shift)

BMI > 25

Smoking (Cessation)

HgbA1C (DM Education/Control)

Lipid Panel (Statin)

DVT (SCD/Hose)

Anti-platelet (ASA)

Anti-coagulant (r/t )

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[TD]NIHSS Scoring

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[TD]LOC

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[TD]Consciousness

Questions (mo/age)

Commands (open & close fist)

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[TD]Best Gaze

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[TD]"Follow my finger"

Reflexes if unable to verbalize

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[TD]Visual Fields

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[TD]Partial or Complete hemianopia

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[TD]Facial Palsy

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[TD]Smiling Symmetry

Minor-mild asymmetry

Partial-total/near lower face

Complete-upper & lower paralysis (bi or unilateral)

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[TD]Motor

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[TD]Arms (10 s)

Legs (5 s)

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[TD]Ataxia

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[TD]Finger to nose

Heel to shin

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[TD]Sensory

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[TD]Pin Prick

Pain stimulus

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[TD]Language

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[TD]Pictures & Sentences

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[TD]Dysarthria

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[TD]Read or Repeat words (Word List)

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[TD]Extinction/Inattention

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[TD]Sensory and Vision

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[AlphaPig]

Thank you! Very helpful.