FAST-ED

Field Assessment Stroke Triage for Emergency Destination. Screens for large vessel occlusion (LVO) stroke to guide prehospital triage.

FAST-ED 0 /9 0/5

FAST-ED

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Answer all questions for LVO likelihood

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1 Facial Palsy

0 Normal or minor paralysis

1 Partial or complete paralysis

2 Arm Weakness

0 No drift

1 Drift or some effort against gravity

2 No effort against gravity or no movement

3 Speech Changes

0 Absent

1 Mild to moderate

2 Severe, global aphasia, or mute

4 Eye Deviation

0 Absent

1 Partial

2 Forced deviation

5 Denial/Neglect

0 Absent

1 Extinction to bilateral simultaneous stimulation in one sensory modality

2 Does not recognize own hand or orients only to one side of body

Reference: Lima FO, et al. Field Assessment Stroke Triage for Emergency Destination: A Simple and Accurate Prehospital Scale to Detect Large Vessel Occlusion Strokes. Stroke. 2016;47(8):1997-2002.