Free NIHSS Group A Patient Questions and Answers

Question 1

Read list of words

Accepted Answer

Speech (Dysarthria)

Answer

read list of word in the context of speech (Dysarthria) refers to a task where a patient reads a predetermined list of words aloud.
This helps assess and diagnose speech and language issues, such as Dysarthria, which is characterized by poor articulation.

Question 2

Cover your left eye? How many fingers can you see?
Assess accuracy of vision. If they can't perform it, then use visual threat and check if they blink.

Accepted Answer

Visual field test

Answer

The instruction to cover one eye and count fingers tests the accuracy of vision in different areas of the visual field.
If the patient cannot perform this, using a visual threat to check for blinking is another way to assess the visual field.

Question 3

What is happening in picture with kids and woman in sink (comprehension and expression)

Accepted Answer

Language

Answer

Assessing what is happening in a picture involving kids and a woman at a sink involves comprehension and expression, which are components of language skills.
This activity helps evaluate the ability to understand and describe the scene.

Question 4

Keep your head straight and keep your eyes on my finger.Horizontal eye movement

Accepted Answer

Motor

Answer

Keeping the head straight and following a finger with horizontal eye movement assesses motor control, specifically the function of the eye muscles and cranial nerves responsible for eye movement.

Question 5

Close your. Can you feel this? Does it feel the same or different on each side?"Test sense of pinprick (ability to withdraw from noxious stimuli if pt is obtunded or aphasic).

Accepted Answer

Sensory

Answer

This instruction tests the sensory function by assessing the patient's ability to feel a pinprick and compare sensations on both sides of their body.

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Free NIHSS Group A Patient Questions and Answers