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Emergency Stroke Evaluation & Diagnosis

AHA Stroke Council Recommended Assessment of a Person with a Suspected Stroke by EMS Personnel

Assure adequate airway

Monitor vital signs

Conduct general assessment

  • Evidence of trauma to head or neck
  • Card

Conduct neurological examination

  • Level of consciousness
  • Presence of seizure activity
  • Glasgow Coma Scale/NIHSS
  • Pupils: size, equality, reactivity
  • Individual limb movements

  

 

 

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Adapted from Adams HP, et al. Circulation. 1994;90:1588-1601

From: Acute Ischemic Stroke: New Concepts of Care
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