GCS Questions

Question 1

You are caring for a patient who is speaking inappropriate words, only opens his eyes when a verbal stimulus is used, and obeys your verbal command when you ask him to point to his watch. What would this patient’s Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score be?

Answer 1

12

Motor 6
Verbal 2
Eyes 4

Question 2

During your assessment of a 24-year-old female patient’s level of responsiveness, you note that when a painful stimulus is applied the patient opens her eyes and grabs at your hand (localizing pain). She is also making incomprehensible sounds while you assess her. What would her Glasgow Coma Scale

Answer 2

9

Eyes –2
Motor –5
Verbal –2

Question 3

GCS –Eye Scale

Answer 3

4 – Spontaneous
3 – To Speech
2 –To Pain
1 –No Response

Question 4

GCS –Verbal Scale

Answer 4

5 –Orientated
4 – Confused
3 –Inappropriate Words
2 –Incomprehensible Sounds
1 –No Response

Question 5

GCS –Motor Scale

Answer 5

6 –Obeys Commands
5 –Localizes Pain
4 –Withdraws From Pain
3 –Flexion to Pain
2 –Extension to Pain
1 –No Response

Question 6

What is the Motor out of

Answer 6

6

Question 7

What is the Verbal Scale out of

Answer 7

5

Question 8

What is the eye scale out of

Answer 8

4

Question 9

Motor

A patient responds with to pain with extenstion

Answer 9

2

Question 10

Motor

A patient responds to pain with Flexion

Answer 10

3

Question 11

Eyes

A patient with Spontaneous Eyes

Answer 11

4

Question 12

Eyes

A patient’s eyes open in responds to pain To Pain

Answer 12

2

Question 13

Verbal

A patient describes the events that took place

Answer 13

5

Question 14

Verbal

A patient is making incomprehensible sounds

Answer 14

2