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What is the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS)? This video covers the medical definition and provides a brief overview of this topic.
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➡️Glasgow Coma Scale
The GCS is used to measure the patient's responsiveness in three areas:

1. Eye opening: The patient's ability to open their eyes spontaneously or in response to verbal or physical stimuli.
2. Verbal response: The patient's ability to speak or make sounds in response to questions or commands.
3. Motor response: The patient's ability to move in response to stimuli, such as withdrawing from painful stimuli or following simple commands.

Each of these areas is scored on a scale from 1 to 5 or 6, depending on the specific assessment method being used, with a total possible score of 15. The GCS score can help healthcare providers assess the severity of a patient's condition and determine the appropriate course of treatment.
Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS)

➡️ Eye Opening
-- Spontaneous: 4
-- To verbal stimuli: 3
-- To pain only: 2
-- No eye opening: 1

➡️ Verbal Response
-- Oriented: 5
-- Confused: 4
-- Inappropriate words: 3
-- Incomprehensible sounds: 2
-- No verbal response: 1

➡️ Motor Response
-- Obeys commands: 6
-- Movement to painful stimuli: 5
-- Withdrawal from pain: 4
-- Abnormal flexion to pain: 3
-- Abnormal extension to pain: 2
-- No motor response: 1

The lowest possible score is 3, which occurs in patients who are completely unresponsive, while the maximum score of 15 occurs in patients who are fully responsive. If the patient's score falls anywhere in the middle, you can use the score to classify the severity of their brain injury.

➡️ For example:
-- Mild: GCS 13–15
-- Moderate: GCS 9–12
-- Severe: GCS 8 or less

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0:00 - Intro
0:21 - GCS
1:19 - Eye Opening
1:45 - Verbal Response
2:08 - Motor Response

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