How do medics calculate GCS? What is GCS?!

Question: Im not sure what it is, or how to calculet it.

Thanks all.

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Answers: Im not sure what it is, or how to calculet it.

Thanks all.

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The Glasgow Coma Scale or GCS, sometimes also known as the Glasgow Coma Score is a neurological scale which aims to give a reliable, objective way of recording the conscious state of a person, for initial as well as continuing assessment. A patient is assessed against the criteria of the scale, and the resulting points give a patient score between 3 (indicating deep unconsciousness) and either 14 (original scale) or 15 (the more widely used modified or revised scale).

Best eye response (E)

There are 4 grades starting with the most severe:

1. No eye opening
2. Eye opening in response to pain. (Patient responds to pressure on the patient

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