Glasgow Coma Scale

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Table 21-2

Eye Opening (E)		Verbal Response (V)
Glasgow Coma Scale
Spontaneous	4	Oriented	5
To speech	3	Confused	4
To pressure	2	Words	3
None	1	Sounds	2
		None	1
Best Motor Response (M)
Obeying commands	6
Localizing	5
Normal flexion	4
Abnormal flexion	3
Extension	2
None	1

Note: Revised GCS (2014).

Source: From G Teasdale et al: The Glasgow Coma Scale at 40 years: Standing the test of time. Lancet Neurol 13:844, 2014.