Delayed recall carpet score, as part of Military Acute Concussion Evaluation (MACE and MACE2).

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Do NOT reread the word list. Delayed Recall Assess the patient ability to retain previously learned information by asking he/she to recall as many words as possible from the initial word list, without having the word list read again for this trial. DO YOU REMEMBER THAT LIST OF WORDS I READ A FEW MINUTES EARLIER? I WANT YOU TO TELL ME AS MANY WORDS FROM THE LIST AS YOU CAN REMEMBER IN ANY ORDER. One point for each word remembered for a total of 5 possible points. Total score= Add up from the 4 assessed domains: immediate memory, orientation, concentration and memory recall.

Ask the patient to recall the 5 words from the earlier memory test