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Eye Opening Response To pain only (not applied to face) 2 points5 pointsIncomprehensible speech Obeys commands for movement 6 points Purposeful movement to painful stimulus 5 points Withdraws in response to pain 4 points References Teasdale G, Jennett B. Assessment of comaTeasdale G, Jennett B. Assessment and prognosis of coma after head injury. Acta Categorization: Coma: No eye opening, no ability to follow commands, no word verbalizations (3-8) Severe Head Injury----GMild Head Injury----GCS score of 13 to 15 (Adapted from: Advanced Trauma Life Support: Course for Physicians, American ormance, and eye opening to appropriate stimuli, the Glascow Coma Scale was designeand duration coma and impaired consciousness. This scale helps
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to gauge the impact of a wide variety of conditions such as acute brain damage due to traumatic and/or vascular injuries or infections, metabolic disorders (e.g., hepatic or renal failure, hypoglycemia, Observer variability in assessing impaired consciousness and coma. J Neurol Neurosurg Fielding K. Reliability and accuracy of the Glasgow Coma Scale with experienced and when applied early, is limited (Waxman K, Suoutcome in severe head injury possible? Arch Surg 1991; 126:1237-1242). Despite these and other limitations (Eisenberg HM. Outcome after head injury: Part I: lishock JR (eds): Central Nervous System Trauma Status Report, 1985. Washington, Source: Adapted from Glascow Coma Scale, Womack Army Medical Center, Fort Bragg,