Coma Coma Coma Chameleon Flashcards
Decorticate
Kate’s in a coffin looking decorticate (i.e., crossed hands in flexion) (note: scores 3 on Glasgow)
Decerebrate
Billy can’t celebrate because he’s decerebrate (note: scores 2 on Glasgow)
Eye Opening Response
- Spontaneous–open with blinking at baseline 4 points
- To verbal stimuli, command, speech 3 points
- To pain only (not applied to face) 2 points
- No response 1 point
Verbal Response
- Oriented 5 points
- Confused conversation, but able to answer questions 4 points
- Inappropriate words 3 points
- Incomprehensible speech 2 points
- No response 1 point
Motor Response
- Obeys commands for movement 6 points
- Purposeful movement to painful stimulus 5 points
- Withdraws in response to pain 4 points
- Flexion in response to pain (decorticate posturing) 3 points
- Extension response in response to pain (decerebrate posturing) 2 points
- No response 1 point
A glascow coma scale of 1 in eye opening response?
• No response
A glascow coma scale of 2 in eye opening response?
• To pain only (not applied to face)
A glascow coma scale of 3 in eye opening response?
• To verbal stimuli, command, speech
A glascow coma scale of 4 in eye opening response?
• Spontaneous–open with blinking at baseline
A glascow coma scale of 1 in verbal response?
• No response
A glascow coma scale of 2 in verbal response?
• Incomprehensible speech
A glascow coma scale of 3 in verbal response?
• Inappropriate words
A glascow coma scale of 4 in verbal response?
• Confused conversation, but able to answer questions
A glascow coma scale of 5 in verbal response?
• Oriented
A glascow coma scale of 1 in motor response?
• No response
