The glasgow coma scale is used all the time to assess the level of consciousness of a patient (especially for those with acute head injury). We give a patient a score out of 15 depending on their motor response, their verbal response and the eye response. There are 6 possible points for motor, 5 for voice and 4 for eyes. The higher the score, the better the level of consciousness in the patient. There is a version we can use for pre verbal kids under 2.

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