The FAST-ED scale and its correspondence to the NIHSS

Item	FAST-ED score	NIHSS score source
Facial palsy
Normal or minor paralysis	0	0 to 1
Partial or complete paralysis	1	2 to 3
Arm weakness
No drift	0	0
Drift or some effort against gravity	1	1 to 2
No effort against gravity or no movement	2	3 to 4
Speech changes
Absent	0	0
Mild to moderate	1	1
Severe, global aphasia, or mute	2	2 to 3
Eye deviation
Absent	0	0
Partial	1	1
Forced deviation	2	2
Denial/neglect
Absent	0	0
Extinction to bilateral simultaneous stimulation in only 1 sensory modality	1	1
Does not recognize own hand or orients only to one side of the body	2	2

FAST-ED: Field Assessment Stroke Triage for Emergency Destination; NIHSS: National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale.

From: Lima FO, Silva GS, Furie KL, et al. Field Assessment Stroke Triage for Emergency Destination: A Simple and Accurate Prehospital Scale to Detect Large Vessel Occlusion Strokes. Stroke 2016; 47:1997. DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.116.013301. Copyright © 2016 American Heart Association. Reproduced with permission from Wolters Kluwer Health. Unauthorized reproduction of this material is prohibited.

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The FAST-ED scale and its correspondence to the NIHSS