Eye Opening:
Spontaneous
To Speech
To Pain
No Eye Opening
Verbal/Sounds:
Smiles, orientated to sounds, follows object and interacts
Cries but consolable, inappropriate interactions
Moaning, inconsistently inconsolable
Inconsolable, agitated
None
Motor Response:
Moves spontaneously or purposefully
Withdraws from touch
Withdraws from pain
Abnormal flexion to pain (Decorticate posturing)
Extension to pain (Decerebrate posturing)
No movement
GCS core values
Maximum = 15
Minimum = 3 = Death/Coma
GCS < 8 = critical, requires airway management
CAUTION - Gradulaly decreasing GCS = rising Intra Cranial Pressure