NIHSS GROUP C PATIENTS 1-6 2025 | Passing Answers | Stroke Scale Certification | APEX Innovations | Pass Guaranteed - A+ Graded

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​2025 | Passing Answers | Stroke​
​Scale Certification | APEX​
​Innovations | Pass Guaranteed - A+​
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​## **PATIENT 1**​

|​ Item | Score | Status |​
​|------|-------|--------|​
​| 1a. Level of Consciousness – Responsiveness | **`[CORRECT]`** 0 | Fully alert |​
​| 1b. LOC – Questions (month, age) | **`[CORRECT]`** 0 | Answers both correctly |​
​| 1c. LOC – Commands (open/close eyes, make fist) | **`[CORRECT]`** 0 | Obeys both correctly​
​|​
​| 2. Best Gaze | **`[CORRECT]`** 0 | Normal horizontal eye movements |​
​| 3. Visual Fields | **`[CORRECT]`** 0 | No visual field defect |​
​| 4. Facial Palsy | **`[CORRECT]`** 0 | Normal facial symmetry/movement |​
​| 5a. Motor Arm – Left | **`[CORRECT]`** 0 | No drift; holds arm 90° for 10 seconds |​
​| 5b. Motor Arm – Right | **`[CORRECT]`** 0 | No drift; holds arm 90° for 10 seconds |​
​| 6a. Motor Leg – Left | **`[CORRECT]`** 0 | No drift; holds leg 30° for 5 seconds |​
​| 6b. Motor Leg – Right | **`[CORRECT]`** 0 | No drift; holds leg 30° for 5 seconds |​
​| 7. Limb Ataxia | **`[CORRECT]`** 0 | No ataxia on finger-nose or heel-shin |​
​| 8. Sensory | **`[CORRECT]`** 0 | Normal pinprick sensation bilaterally |​
​| 9. Best Language | **`[CORRECT]`** 0 | No aphasia; normal speech |​
​| 10. Dysarthria | **`[CORRECT]`** 0 | Normal articulation |​
​| 11. Extinction & Inattention | **`[CORRECT]`** 0 | No neglect; normal to double simultaneous​
​stimulation |​

​**Total Score: `[CORRECT]` 0**​

*​ *Rationale:** Normal neurological examination. All 15 items scored 0. Serves as the baseline​
​"normal" patient in Group C.​

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​## **PATIENT 2**​

|​ Item | Score | Status |​
​|------|-------|--------|​
​| 1a. Level of Consciousness – Responsiveness | **`[CORRECT]`** 0 | Fully alert |​
​| 1b. LOC – Questions (month, age) | **`[CORRECT]`** 0 | Answers both correctly |​
​| 1c. LOC – Commands (open/close eyes, make fist) | **`[CORRECT]`** 0 | Obeys both correctly​
​|​
​| 2. Best Gaze | **`[CORRECT]`** 0 | Normal horizontal eye movements |​
​| 3. Visual Fields | **`[CORRECT]`** 0 | No visual field defect |​
​| 4. Facial Palsy | **`[CORRECT]`** 1 | Mild left lower facial weakness, forehead spared |​
​| 5a. Motor Arm – Left | **`[CORRECT]`** 0 | No drift |​
​| 5b. Motor Arm – Right | **`[CORRECT]`** 0 | No drift |​
​| 6a. Motor Leg – Left | **`[CORRECT]`** 0 | No drift |​
​| 6b. Motor Leg – Right | **`[CORRECT]`** 0 | No drift |​
​| 7. Limb Ataxia | **`[CORRECT]`** 0 | No ataxia |​
​| 8. Sensory | **`[CORRECT]`** 0 | Normal sensation |​
​| 9. Best Language | **`[CORRECT]`** 0 | No aphasia |​
​| 10. Dysarthria | **`[CORRECT]`** 1 | Mild slurred speech, still intelligible |​
​| 11. Extinction & Inattention | **`[CORRECT]`** 0 | No neglect |​

​**Total Score: `[CORRECT]` 2**​

*​ *Rationale:**​
​- **Item 4 (Facial Palsy = 1):** Mild left lower facial weakness with intact forehead movement.​
​Patient can smile symmetrically but shows subtle flattening of nasolabial fold on left.​
​- **Item 10 (Dysarthria = 1):** Patient has mild slurred speech but remains fully intelligible. Not​
​severe enough to score 2.​

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​## **PATIENT 3**​

|​ Item | Score | Status |​
​|------|-------|--------|​
​| 1a. Level of Consciousness – Responsiveness | **`[CORRECT]`** 0 | Fully alert |​
​| 1b. LOC – Questions (month, age) | **`[CORRECT]`** 1 | Answers one question incorrectly |​
​| 1c. LOC – Commands (open/close eyes, make fist) | **`[CORRECT]`** 0 | Obeys both correctly​
​|​
​| 2. Best Gaze | **`[CORRECT]`** 0 | Normal |​
​| 3. Visual Fields | **`[CORRECT]`** 0 | No visual field defect |​