How Do You Use A Glasgow Coma Scale?
The Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) was originally developed to assess the state of a person’s consciousness after a head injury. It’s currently used to evaluate patients with a variety of medical conditions and injuries. The GCS scale indicates levels of consciousness ranging from deep unconsciousness to complete consciousness. A qualified health care professional will need to perform the tests needed to assess a patient’s GCS score. Determine the stimulus needed to open the patient’s eyes. A patient whose eyes don’t open at all receives 1 point for the eye portion of the GCS. Assign 2 points if the eyes open only in response to pain and 3 points if they open in response to speech. Patients get 4 points if they can open their eyes spontaneously. Establish the patient’s verbal ability. Patients who can’t make any verbal response get 1 point and those who can make noises but not words get 2 points. Patients who can say words but are unable to converse meaningfully get 3 points and those who co
