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Emergency Medicine
Assessing Coma: The Glasgow Coma Scale
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Emergency Medicine
Assessing Coma: The Glasgow Coma Scale
| Response |
Score |
| Eyes Open |
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| Spontaneous |
4 |
| To Speech |
3 |
| To Pain |
2 |
| Absent |
1 |
| Verbal |
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| Converses/Oriented |
5 |
| Converses/Disoriented |
4 |
| Inappropriate |
3 |
| Incomprehensible |
2 |
| Absent |
1 |
| Motor |
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| Follows commands |
6 |
| Localizes Pain |
5 |
| Withdraws (flexion) |
4 |
| Decorticate (flexion) Rigidity |
3 |
| Decerebrate (extension) Rigidity |
2 |
| Absent |
1 |
- The sum obtained in this scale is used to assess the degree of impaired consciousness
- Mild is over 13 points
- Moderate is 9 to 12 points
- Severe 3 through 8 points
Ref: Teasdale G., Jennett B., LANCET (ii) 81-83, 1974.
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