Rankin Score(Stroke score)

SCORE

DESCRIPTION
0.No symptoms at all
1.No significant disability despite symptoms; able to carry out all usual duties and activities
2.Slight disability; unable to carry out all previous activities, but able to look after own affairs without assistance
3.Moderate disability; requiring some help, but able to walk without assistance
4.Moderately severe disability; unable to walk without assistance and unable to attend to own bodily needs without assistance
5.Severe disability; bedridden, incontinent and requiring constant nursing care and attention
6.Dead
TOTAL (0–6): ____

cranial nerve VII

Stroke

Stroke Ischemic

Stroke Hemorrage

Grand Mal

Type of Gangrene

Two major types of gangrene exist:

• Dry gangrene is caused by a reduction of blood flow through the arteries. It appears gradually and progresses slowly. In most people, the affected part does not become infected. In this type of gangrene, the tissue becomes cold and black, begins to dry, and eventually sloughs off. Dry gangrene is commonly seen in people with blockage of arteries (arteriosclerosis) resulting from increased cholesterol levels, diabetes, cigarette smoking, and genetic and other factors.
  
  
• Wet or moist gangrene develops as a complication of an untreated infected wound. Swelling resulting from the bacterial infection causes a sudden stoppage of blood flow. Cessation of blood flow facilitates invasion of the muscles by the bacteria and multiplication of the bacteria because disease-fighting cells (white blood cells) cannot reach the affected part.

Stroke Algorithm