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Glasgow Coma Scale

The Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) is a neurological scale used to assess a patient's level of consciousness after injury or illness. It objectively records a patient's eye opening, verbal response, and motor response on a scale of 3 to 15, with lower scores indicating a worse neurological state. The GCS is commonly used by medical professionals to initially assess patients and monitor their condition over time, especially in intensive care.

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Glasgow Coma Scale

The Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) is a neurological scale used to assess a patient's level of consciousness after injury or illness. It objectively records a patient's eye opening, verbal response, and motor response on a scale of 3 to 15, with lower scores indicating a worse neurological state. The GCS is commonly used by medical professionals to initially assess patients and monitor their condition over time, especially in intensive care.

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GLASGOW COMA SCALE OR GCS

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What is the first thing in your mind when we talk about GCS?

GLASGOW COMA SCALE (GCS)


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is a neurological scale that aims to give a reliable, objective way of recording the conscious state of a person for initial as well as subsequent assessment. A patient is assessed against the criteria of the scale, and the resulting points give a patient score.

GCS was initially used to assess level of consciousness after head injury, and the scale is now used by first aid, EMS, nurses and doctors as being applicable to all acute medical and trauma patients. In hospitals it is also used in monitoring chronic patients in intensive care.

How to do the assessment of GCS?


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