Glasgow Coma Scale Essay
Glasgow coma scale is a neurological scale which is used in assessing the level of consciousness of a person the initial score of a person is taken and recorded and this is compared with the subsequent score of the person. This is done to note if the patient is improving or deteriorating. The scoring is made based on certain criteria and a score of 3-15 is made. The score 3 indicates deep unconsciousness while the score 15 indicates full consciousness.
The Glasgow coma scale was published in 1974 by Graham Teasdale and Bryan J. Jennet, both of them were professors of neurosurgery at the University of Glasgow's institute of neurological sciences at the city's southern General hospital.
The scale was initially introduced for assessing head injury and coma for the first 6 hours in the intensive care unit. Recently the scale is used in almost all departments in the hospital. The scale is no longer only used by doctors. Nurses, first respondents, emergency medical service team and the doctors now use the Glasgow coma scale in assessing patient’s …show more content…
I was opportune to be around when my grandmother had stroke. She collapsed immediately and was rushed to the hospital. Before been taken to the hospital she had a GCS of 6/15. Treatment was commenced on her immediately and there was improvement. I quietly continued to make my own assessment of the GCS and I noticed it improved from 6/15 to 9/15 and to 13/15 and finally back to 15/15. It was from her that I actually got to understand that a GCS of 15/15 does not mean that the patient is without illness. It is meant to access the conscious state of an individual. Though she had a GCS if 15/15 still she could not walk around. She had a perfect score with the verbal, motor and eye response. Though there was some level of paralysis but with physiotherapy she was able to sit unaided and could feed herself with one hand and carryout some level of self-care like
The Glasgow coma scale was published in 1974 by Graham Teasdale and Bryan J. Jennet, both of them were professors of neurosurgery at the University of Glasgow's institute of neurological sciences at the city's southern General hospital.
The scale was initially introduced for assessing head injury and coma for the first 6 hours in the intensive care unit. Recently the scale is used in almost all departments in the hospital. The scale is no longer only used by doctors. Nurses, first respondents, emergency medical service team and the doctors now use the Glasgow coma scale in assessing patient’s …show more content…
I was opportune to be around when my grandmother had stroke. She collapsed immediately and was rushed to the hospital. Before been taken to the hospital she had a GCS of 6/15. Treatment was commenced on her immediately and there was improvement. I quietly continued to make my own assessment of the GCS and I noticed it improved from 6/15 to 9/15 and to 13/15 and finally back to 15/15. It was from her that I actually got to understand that a GCS of 15/15 does not mean that the patient is without illness. It is meant to access the conscious state of an individual. Though she had a GCS if 15/15 still she could not walk around. She had a perfect score with the verbal, motor and eye response. Though there was some level of paralysis but with physiotherapy she was able to sit unaided and could feed herself with one hand and carryout some level of self-care like