Search
- With regard to following commands, the NIH Stroke Scale (NIHSS) assesses this level of consciousness in part 1C by asking the patient to do the following two things:
1. "Close your eyes and now open them."
2. "Make a fist and now open it."
- You may repeat the command no more than twice in order to avoid the bias of coaching the patient.
- It's fine to provide some prompting by performing the task yourself while asking the patient to do the same.
- This component of the NIHSS is scored as follows:
0 = performs both tasks correctly.
1 = performs one task corectly.
2 = performs neither task correctly.