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What are the three catagories of the glascow coma scale?
Eyes (four points total)
Verbal (five points total)
motor (six points total)
What are the "eye points"?
1. Does not open
2. Opens to painful stemuli
3. Opens to voice
4. Opens spontaineously
What are the "verbal points"?
1. makes no sounds
2. makes incomprehensible sounds
3. utters innappropriate words
4. confused/disoriented
5. oriented, converses normally
What are the "motor points"?
1. no movement
2. extension to painful stemuli
3. abnormal flexion to painful stemuli
4. flexion/withdrawal to painful stemuli
5. localizes painful stemuli
6. obeys commands
Your patient opens eyes spontaineously, converses well and is oriented, follows commands. What is her GCS?
15
4 pts for opens eyes spontaineously
5 pts for converses well and is oriented
6 pts for follows commands
Your patient opens eyes to voice, converses well and is oriented, follows commands. What is her GCS?
14
3 pts for opens eyes to voice
5 pts for converses well and is oriented
6 pts for follows commands
Your patient opens eyes to voice, converses well and but is somewhat disoriented, follows commands. What is her GCS?
13
3-opens eyes to voice
4-converses well but is somewhat disoriented
6-follows commands
Your patient opens eyes to voice, utters incomprenhensible sounds but follows commands. What is her GCS?
11
3-opens eyes to voice
2-utters incomprenhensible sounds
6-follows commands
Your patient opens eyes to voice, uses innappropriate words but follows commands. What is her GCS?
12
3-opens eyes to voice
3-uses innappropriate words
6-follows commands
Your patient opens eyes to painful stemuli, utters innappropriate words and localizes painful stimuli. What is her GCS?
10 total
2 for opens eyes to painful stemuli.
3 for utters innappropriate words
5 for localizes painful
Your patient does not open eyes, makes no sounds and displays abnormal flexion to pain. What is his GCS?
5
1-does not open eyes
1-makes no sounds
3-displays abnormal flexion to pain