4, 5 & 6 for Eyes, Mouth & Movement

1.      Never open their eyes (Score 1)

2.      Open to only Pain/Pressure (Score 2)

3.      Open to only Sound (Score 3)

4.      Opens On impulse (Score 4)

1.      No Sound made to pain (Score 1)

2.      Makes sound to pain (Score 2)

3.      Says incomprehensible words (Score 3)

4.      Speaks fluently but is disoriented (Score 4)

5.      Person is oriented to Person, Place and Time (Score 5)

1.      No movement (Score 1)

2.      Decerebrate posture (Score 2)

3.      Decorticate posture (Score 3)

4.      Flexes/Withdraws from pain (Score 4)

5.      Localizes to pain (Score 5)

6.      Follows command (Score 6)

The Glasgow coma scale (GCS) is a universally accepted clinical test used to measure and report the consciousness level of a person.

GCS score also helps to determine the progression of a patient’s condition.

Three different systems are measured and summed to determine consciousness level on the Glasgow Coma Scale.

1.    Eye Response

2.    Verbal Response

3.    Motor Response

The lower the score, the lower the patient's conscious state.

A.    The lowest score for each category is 1.
The lowest possible GCS score after summing the scores from all three categories is three (3)

B.    The highest possible score is Fifteen (15)