Glasgow Coma Scale: Difference between revisions
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== See Also == | == See Also == | ||
*[[Blunt head trauma]] | |||
*[[Altered Mental Status]] | *[[Altered Mental Status]] | ||
*[[GCS (Peds)]] | *[[GCS (Peds)]] | ||
Revision as of 07:13, 6 June 2015
Adult GCS
| Eye Opening | Verbal | Motor |
| 6: Obeys commands | ||
| 5: Oriented | 5: Localizes to pain | |
| 4: Spontaneously opens | 4: Confused speech | 4: Withdraws from pain (normal flexion) |
| 3: Opens to command | 3:Inappropriate words | 3: Decorticate posturing (abnormal flexion) |
| 2: Opens to pain | 2: Incomprehensible sounds | 2: Decerebrate posturing (extension) |
| 1: Does not open | 1: No response | 1: No response |
- 14-15: Mild
- 9-13: Moderate
- 3-8: Severe
Distribution of GCS in traumatic brain injury