Glasgow Coma Scale

(through Auditory/Visual stimuli which in turn activate RAS). This is why the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) is used as a measure a conscious state (Braine & Cook, 2017). It tests and scores the visual, verbal and motor response. The lower the GCS score the more of an altered conscious state the patient is said to have. Typically the lower scores also have a worsened prognosis and/or poorer outcome on the Glasgow Outcome Scale in an adult (Weir, et al., 2012). Mr Shepard had altered level of consciousness

assessment of a critically ill patient which will focus on the Glasgow coma scale. The essay will discuss what is the Glasgow coma scale?, Glasgow coma scale is the most common source in monitoring and assessing the neurological statues of a critically ill patient, despite the fact the Glasgow coma scale has limitations on execution it remains the main standard in comprehensive neurological assessment of patients. It

original intention of the scale, certain additional limitations have been identified (Laureys, 2005). Verbal responses become difficult or impossible to assess when patients have been sedated or intubated (Majerus, 2005). Some clinicians feel that scoring eye opening is not sufficient to indicate brainstem arousal and a number of coma scales have been proposed that include brainstem reflexes, most of them more complex than the GCS scale (Majerus, 2005). The Glasgow Liège scale is the simplest variation

On the 19th December the patient was transferred from Daisy Hill Hospital to a specialist Neurosurgical unit in the Royal Victoria Hospital. On admission to the neurosurgical unit the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) was 14/15 and she had no neurological deficits with the nerve, spinal cord, or brain function, although she was still complaining of neck stiffness and pain in head. Although the CT scans showed no evidence of subarachnoid haemorrhage, due to her very strong history the patient was referred

When reflecting on the past few weeks of clinical experience, there is known to be many events in which I can critically reflect upon in order to improve my clinical practice. During my second week of clinical, I had been assigned with a tough patient. My patient was in his late 50’s, was a chronic alcoholic and was an avid smoker. He has a medical history of COPD, hypertension, and liver cirrhosis resulting from his alcoholic background. However, he had been recently diagnosed with a right-sided

assessment will be used to ensure her bilateral visual field deficits don’t decrease and also to ensure all parts of the brain are functioning since she is having difficulty remembering recent information and has to be prompted to remember. Glasgow coma scale assessment will need to be conducted regularly to ensure that there isn’t a decrease in her visual, verbal and motor skills. Finally, a musculoskeletal assessment must be taken as she has left hemiparesis and to ensure that does not get worse

moderate and severe. A mild patient may lose consciousness, typically for a few seconds or a few minutes. A moderate patient can lose consciousness for 1-24 hours. A severe patient can lose consciousness or be in a coma for more than 24 hours. It can also be put into subcategories coma, vegetative state, persistent vegetative state, and minimally responsive

unexplained reduced level of consciousness or altered mental status and they only administer Folstein Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) when patients very mildly impaired. To determine the usefulness of the NCSE divided into Standardize NCSE exam and Glasgow coma

contrast the two methods of assessing a patients level of consciousness. Approx 150 words Both AVPU and Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) are ways of assessing a person’s level of consciousness however different methods are used to do so. AVPU, which stands for Alert, Verbal, Pain and Unresponsive, uses visual, verbal and painful stimuli’s to assess a level of consciousness [1]. Similarly the Glasgow Coma Scale uses stimuli’s to assess a person’s level of consciousness however the method is a lot more in depth

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