Assessment Of Mental Status By Dr. Hanan Said Ali.

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Glasgow coma scale

When used to score the effects of a head injury, a score of 13 or 14 indicates mild head injury, 9 to 12 indicates moderate injury, and any score of 8 or below indicates severe head injury

Faculty Measured Response Score

Eye Opening SpontaneousTo verbal commandTo painNo response

4321

Motor response To verbal commandTo localize painFlexes and withdrawsFlexes abnormallyExtended abnormallyNo response

654321

Verbal response

Oriented, conversesDisorientated, conversesUses inappropriate wordsMake incomprehensible sounds No response

5432

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