Assessment tools used in stroke

Question 1

What does ROSIER stand for?

Answer 1

Recognition of Stroke in the Emergency Room (ROSIER)

Question 2

What can the ROSIER tool be used for?

Answer 2

Initial differentiation of acute stroke from stroke mimics.

Question 3

What is the funtion of the ABCD2 score?

Answer 3

It is used for predicting the occurrence of a stroke in the short term period following a transient ischaemic attack.

Question 4

What does NIHSS stand for?

Answer 4

National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale

Question 5

What is the function of the NIHSS tool?

Answer 5

It is used to used to objectively measure the impairment caused by a stroke.

Question 6

What is the function of the CHA2DS2-VASc score?

Answer 6

To predict the likelihood of stroke occurring secondary to atrial fibrillation.

Question 7

What is the function of the Barthel index scale?

Answer 7

It is a scale that measures disability or dependence in activities of daily living in stroke patients

Question 8

What does FAST stand for?

Answer 8

Facial drooping
Arm weakness
Speech difficulties
time to call the emergency services’.