Glasgow Coma Scale Presentation
The Glasgow Coma Score (Teasdale and Jennet 1974) is a scale used to assess a patients conscious level.
A score is allocated for different behaviours (eye opening, verbal response, best motor response). These are based on awareness, arousal and activity.
It is quick, objective and easily interpreted.
A score of 15 indicates that the patient is fully alert and responsive and a score of 3 indicates unconsciousness
|Category |Score |Response |
|Eye opening | | |
|Spontaneous |4 |Eyes open spontaneously without stimulation |
|To speech |3 |Eyes open to verbal stimulation (normal, |
| | |rasied or repeated_ |
|To pain |2 |Eyes open with painful/noxious stimuli |
|None |1 |No eye opening regardless |
|Verbal response | | |
|Orientated |5 |Able to give accurate information regarding |
| | |time, person and place |
|Confused |4 |Able to answer in sentences using correct |
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A score is allocated for different behaviours (eye opening, verbal response, best motor response). These are based on awareness, arousal and activity.
It is quick, objective and easily interpreted.
A score of 15 indicates that the patient is fully alert and responsive and a score of 3 indicates unconsciousness
|Category |Score |Response |
|Eye opening | | |
|Spontaneous |4 |Eyes open spontaneously without stimulation |
|To speech |3 |Eyes open to verbal stimulation (normal, |
| | |rasied or repeated_ |
|To pain |2 |Eyes open with painful/noxious stimuli |
|None |1 |No eye opening regardless |
|Verbal response | | |
|Orientated |5 |Able to give accurate information regarding |
| | |time, person and place |
|Confused |4 |Able to answer in sentences using correct |
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