Posted: August 17th, 2017

A Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score of 7 or less is generally interpreted as

A Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score of 7 or less is generally interpreted as
a) coma.
The Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) is a tool for assessing a patient’s response to stimuli. A score of 7 or less is generally interpreted as coma.
b) a need for emergency attention.
A GCS score of 10 or less indicates a need for emergency attention.
c) least responsive.
A GCS score of 3 is interpreted as least responsive.
d) most responsive.
A GCS score of 15 is interpreted as most responsive.