Levels of Consciousness

Question 1

Opens the eyes, looks at you, amd responds fully and appropriately to stimuli. Arousal intact

Answer 1

Alert

Question 2

Remains unarousable with eyes closed. No evident response to inner need or external stimuli
Neither aware or awake
Decerebrate posturing to painful stimuli

Answer 2

Comatose

Question 3

Patient is drowsier and needs constant stimulation

Answer 3

Somnolent

Question 4

Appears drowsy but opens the eyes and looks at you

Responds to questions and then falls asleep

Answer 4

Lethargic

Question 5

Opens the ete and looks at you but responds slowly and is somewhat confused
Alertness and interest in the environment are decreased

Answer 5

Obtunded

Question 6

Arouses from sleep only after painful stimuli
Verbal responses are slow or even absent
Some moaning with minimal motor response
The patient lapses into an unresponsive state when stimulus ceases
There is minimal awareness of self or the environment

Answer 6

Stuporous

Question 7

Alertness and interest is decreased

Answer 7

Obtunded

Question 8

Neither awake nor aware

Answer 8

Comatose

Question 9

Minimal awareness of self and the environment

Answer 9

Stuporous

Question 10

Some moaning with minimal motor response

Patient lapses into an unresponsive state when the stimulus ceases

Answer 10

Stuporous