The Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) is a numerical way to identify the severity of a trauma patient.
| Eye Opening | Points |
|---|---|
| Opens eyes spontaneously | 4 |
| Opens eyes to voice or commands | 3 |
| Opens eyes to painful stimulus | 2 |
| Does not open eyes | 1 |
| Verbal Response | Points |
|---|---|
| Alert and oriented to person, place, time and event | 5 |
| Confused response and not alert and oriented to person, place, time and event | 4 |
| Inappropriate words that do not make sense | 3 |
| Incomprehensible words, garbled speech or unintelligible noises | 2 |
| No verbal response | 1 |
| Motor Response | Points |
|---|---|
| Obeys commands | 6 |
| Localizes painful stimulus | 5 |
| Withdraws from painful stimulus | 4 |
| Decorticate (flexion) response to painful stimulus | 3 |
| Decerebrate (extension) response to painful stimulus | 2 |
| Does not move | 1 |
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