Table 2.

Codes and Definitions for Telemedicine Stroke Care Tasks

Telemedicine stroke care task categories	Definition
Update demographics	Ask patient for name, date of birth, communicate with nurse
Update patient history	Ask patient for medical conditions, surgical history, family conditions, medications, communicate with nurse
Level of consciousness	Ask patient for their level of consciousness
Eye movement	Move to stand beside patient, hold one or two fingers on the right side of the patient’s peripheral vision, hold up one to two fingers on the left side of the patents peripheral vision
Facial palsy	Check for weakness of facial muscles
Arm movement	Ask patient to move right and left arm
Leg movement	Ask patient to move right and left leg
Visual field	Move to stand beside patient, hold one or two fingers on the right side of the patient’s peripheral vision, hold up one to two fingers on the left side of the patent’s peripheral vision
Ataxia	Check for slurred speech
Sensation	Pinprick patient’s right and left cheek; right and left arm, and right and left leg
NIH Stroke Scale cards	Show patient object cards, point to an object on the card, confirm object with the MD. Show patient scene cards, show patient sentence cards, point to sentence, and confirm sentence with MD
Check for tPA contraindications	Check if patient awoke with stroke
Update vitals	Get blood pressure (affix blood pressure cuff to patient’s upper arm) press "NIBP" button, read results, get heart rate, count breaths taken by the patient for 30 seconds, affix pulse ox reader to patient finger opposite from BP cuff, read Sp02 (%) on reader
Waiting/other	Not actively engaged in any assignment