Glasgow Coma Score (GCS)
Glasgow Coma Score
Score |
Eye Opening |
Verbal |
Motor |
|---|---|---|---|
6 |
Obeys commands |
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5 |
Speech orientated , localises to pain |
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4 |
Spontaneous eye opening |
Confused speech |
Withdrawal to pain |
3 |
Eye open to speech |
Incoherent words |
Abnormal flexion to pain |
2 |
Eyes open to pain |
Only sounds |
Extends to pain |
1 |
No eye opening |
No sounds |
No movements |
- 1974
- One objective measurement of a patient’s level of consciousness
- 3 variable : Eye opening, Verbal response and motor response
- Remember if need to assess response to pain, stimulus should be in the midline above the clavicles
- Minimum score is 3
- Coma is 8 or less
- "Moderate" injury score is 9-12
- Abbreviated to AVPU (NB, P=coma)
- A - Alert
- V - Responds to verbal stimulus
- P - Responds to pain
- U - Unresponsive
