Glasgow Coma Scale - Scenarios Pediatric Flashcards
A seven-year-old male who fell from the top of a jungle gym is awake and neurologically intact in all four extremities. When you ask what happens, he tells you he fell, and then he tells you about his dog.
15
Eye - 4
Verbal - 5
Motor - 6
Infant, flexes its elbow and wrist in response to pain. The infant does not make any response to others around, and does not open its eyes at all.
5
Eye - 1
Verbal - 1
Motor - 3
Infant, extends its elbows in response to pain, is inconsistently inconsolable and moans, and opens its eyes in response to pain.
7
Eye - 2
Verbal - 2
Motor - 3
Infant, does not move when you put pressure on its nail bed or elsewhere. It is inconsolable and agitated, and opens its eyes in response to pain.
5
Eye - 2
Verbal - 2
Motor - 1
The infant flexes its elbow and wrist abnormally in response to pain. The infant is inconsolable and agitated. It does not open its eyes spontaneously but does in response to speech.
8
Eye - 3
Verbal - 3
Motor - 2
Infant moves spontaneously towards objects and follows them, smiling and orienting towards interesting sounds. It spontaneously opens its eyes.
15
Eye - 4
Verbal - 5
Motor - 6
Infant, withdraws from touch, can only sometimes be consoled and is often agitated, and opens its eyes in response to pain but not to speech.
11
Eye - 2
Verbal - 4
Motor - 5
Infant, opens its eyes spontaneously, withdraws from pain, and cries a lot, interacting inappropriately with others around it.
11
Eye - 4
Verbal - 3
Motor - 4
Infant, withdraws when you touch them, cries a lot but can be consoled, interacts inappropriately, and opens their eyes when you speak to them.
12
Eye - 3
Verbal - 4
Motor - 5
Infant, smiles, is orientated to sounds, and interacts normally. It withdraws its arm when you cause it pain. It spontaneously opens its eyes.
13
Eye - 4
Verbal - 5
Motor - 4
