NIH Stroke Scale (NIHSS) 2025 Certification Prep – Groups A, patient 1 to 6 – Complete Scoring Guide & Answer Key

🧠 NIH STROKE SCALE GROUP A (PATIENTS 1–6) – FULL SCORING GUIDE & ANSWER KEY [2025
VERIFIED] | ESSENTIAL FOR NIHSS CERTIFICATION & CLINICAL PRACTICE


📋 Scoring Key:

• 1a: Level of Consciousness
• 1b: LOC Questions
• 1c: LOC Commands
• 2: Best Gaze
• 3: Visual Fields
• 4: Facial Palsy
• 5a: Motor Arm – Left
• 5b: Motor Arm – Right
• 6a: Motor Leg – Left
• 6b: Motor Leg – Right
• 7: Limb Ataxia
• 8: Sensory
• 9: Best Language
• 10: Dysarthria
• 11: Extinction and Inattention (Neglect)



🧑‍⚕️ Patient 1

• 1a: 0
• 1b: 0
• 1c: 0
• 2: 0
• 3: 0
• 4: 1
• 5a: 3
• 5b: 0
• 6a: 1
• 6b: 0
• 7: 1
• 8: 2
• 9: 0
• 10: 0
• 11: 1
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, Total NIHSS Score: 9




🧑‍⚕️ Patient 2

• 1a: 0
• 1b: 2
• 1c: 0
• 2: 0
• 3: 0
• 4: 1
• 5a: 0
• 5b: 0
• 6a: 0
• 6b: 0
• 7: 0
• 8: 1
• 9: 2
• 10: 1
• 11: 0

Total NIHSS Score: 7




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