Glasgow coma scale

Question 1

What can you do to score eye movements?

What is E1-4?

Answer 1

• wake patient up and ask them to open their eyes-> open their eyes to speech (3)
• apply pressure on nail with pain-> open eyes to pain (2)

Question 2

What can you do to score verbal commands?

Answer 2

• orientation (5)
• what is your name? what is your date of birth?
• where are you?
• confused (4)
• inappropriate words (3)
• sounds (2)
• no response (1)

Question 3

What can you do for motor response?

Answer 3

• follow commands (6)-ask them to squeeze fingers
• localize pain (5)- point to pain
• apply pressure on trapezius
• apply pressure on supra-orbital area
• withdraw from pain (4)
• flex from pain (3)
• extend from pain (2)
• none (1)