GCs

Question 1

What three things are assessed? Mnemonic? Max score?

Answer 1

Eye response
Verbal response
Motor response

(AVPU)

max score = 15

Question 2

What does AVPU stand for?

Answer 2

Alert, voice, pain, unresponsive

Question 3

What’s the max grading for eye movement? What do each of the numbers mean?

Answer 3

4

4 = spontaneously open eyes 
3 = responds to voice 
2 = responds to pain 
1 = no response

Question 4

What’s the max grading for voice? What do each of the numbers mean?

Answer 4

5

5 = oriented to time, place and person 
4 = confused 
3 = inappropriate words
2 = incomprehensible sounds 
1 = no response

Question 5

What’s the max grading for movement?

Answer 5

6

6 = Obeys movement commands 
5 = Moves to localised pain 
4 = Withdrawal from pain 
3 = abnormal flexion (decorticate)
2 = abnormal extension (decerebrate)
1 = no response 

Note: flex>extension

Question 6

What does decerebrate mean? What position is this?

Answer 6

UMN problem, results in extended arms and wrists turned outwards like in palsy

Question 7

What does decorticate mean? What position is this?

Answer 7

LMN problem, results in flexed arms and wrists turned in, like holding in a teddy bear

Question 8

What’s the lowest gcs score?

Answer 8

3