Test |
Score |
Patient Response |
Eye opening |
Spontaneously |
4 |
Spontaneous |
To speech |
3 |
Opens to verbal command |
To pain |
2 |
Opens only to painful stimulus |
None |
1 |
Does not open |
Motor response |
Obeys |
6 |
Correctly shows 2 fingers when asked |
Localizes |
5 |
Reaches toward painful stimulus to remove it |
Withdraws |
4 |
Moves away from painful stimulus |
Abnormal flexion |
3 |
Displays decorticate posturing |
Abnormal extension |
2 |
Displays decerebrate posturing |
None |
1 |
Lies flaccid with no response |
Verbal response (Responding
to question of current year) |
Oriented |
5 |
Correct year given |
Confused |
4 |
Incorrect year given |
Inappropriate words |
3 |
Replies but with inappropriate words |
Incomprehensible |
2 |
Moans or screams to stimuli |
No response |
1 |
No response given |