APEX NIH Stroke Scale Group B Answer Key 2025 | Patients 1-6 with Severity Classification and Detailed Item Scores

Master NIHSS certification with this comprehensive APEX NIH Stroke Scale Group B answer key featuring accurate scoring for Patients 1 through 6 with updated 2025 answers and severity classifications. This essential resource provides detailed breakdowns of all 11 assessment items for each patient case, including level of consciousness (LOC questions and commands), best gaze, visual fields, facial palsy, motor function for both arms and legs, limb ataxia, sensory function, best language, dysarthria, and extinction/inattention. Each patient includes the specific clinical descriptor for every item score, the calculated total score, and severity classification based on the NIHSS scoring key (0=Normal, 1-4=Minor, 5-15=Moderate, 16-20=Moderate to Severe, 21-42=Severe). Patient 1 (Total Score 11 - Moderate) with right-sided weakness, aphasia, and inattention; Patient 2 (Total Score 5 - Moderate) with right leg weakness and dysarthria; Patient 3 (Total Score 5 - Moderate) with complete facial paralysis; Patient 4 (Total Score 28 - Severe) with unresponsiveness, forced gaze deviation, complete hemianopia, right-sided hemiplegia, severe aphasia, severe dysarthria, and complete inattention; Patient 5 (Total Score 4 - Minor) with left leg drift, ataxia, sensory loss, and inattention; Patient 6 (Total Score 2 - Minor) with right leg drift and mild sensory loss. Designed for healthcare professionals seeking initial NIHSS certification or recertification, this answer key enables accurate self-assessment and validation of stroke severity scoring proficiency.