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Glasgow Coma Scale
To assess patients level of consciousness
- <8 requires anaesthetist to intubate - implies trouble
- Deterioating GCS implies continuing pathology - i.e. still bleeding
Motor response
- 6) Obeys command
- 5) Localises to pain
- 4) Withdraws from pain
- 3) Flexor response to pain
- 2) Extensor posturing to pain
- 1) None
Eye Opening
- 4) Spontaneous
- 3) Responds to speech
- 2) Responds to pain
- 1) None
Verbal response
- 5) Patient orientated
- 4) Confused conversation
- 3) Inappropriate speech
- 2) Incomprehensible
- 1) None
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