Glasgow Coma Scale
The Glasgow Coma Scale Response Chart (GCS)
| | Examiner's Test | Patient's Response | Assigned Score |
| Eye Opening | Spontaneous | Opens eyes on his own | 4 |
| Speech | Opens eyes when asked to in a loud voice | 3 |
| Pain | Opens eyes to pain | 2 |
| Pain | Does not open eyes | 1 |
| Verbal | Speech | Carries on a conversation correctly and tells examiner where he is, and
the year and month | 5 |
| Speech | Seems confused or disoriented | 4 |
| Speech | Talks to examiner can understand him but makes no sense | 3 |
| Speech | Makes sounds that examiner can't understand | 2 |
| Speech | Makes no noise | 1 |
| Best Motor Response | Commands | Follows simple commands | 6 |
| Pain | Pulls examiner's hand away on painful stimuli | 5 |
| Pain | Pulls a part of his body away on painful stimuli | 4 |
| Pain | Flexes body inappropriately to pain | 3 |
| Pain | Decerebrate posture | 2 |
| Pain | Has no motor response to pain | 1 |
| | | Total Range= | 3-15 |