Tuesday, December 1, 2009

60 - Glasgow Coma Scale or Score (GCS)

Motor Response
 (M)

Verbal Response
 (V)

Eye-Opening Response
 (E)

Obeys commands
6
Oriented
5
Opens spontaneously
4
Localizes to pain
5
Confused
4
Opens to speech
3
Withdraws from pain
4
Inappropriate words
3
Opens to pain
2
Flexor posturing
3
Unintelligible sounds
2
No eye opening
1
Extensor posturing
2
No sounds
1


No movement
1










aAdd the three scores to obtain the GlasgowComa Scale score, which can range from 3 to 15. Add "T" after the GCS if intubated and no verbal score is possible. For these patients, the GCS can range from 2T to 10T.

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