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Emergency Medicine/Coma
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A coma is profound state of unconsciousness. To determine if someone is in a coma it is recommended to use the glasgow coma scale.
Glasgow coma scale
The glascaw coma score is in a scale of three to fifteen, three being the worst.
Eye response
4- Eyes open spontaneously
3- Eyes open after verbal command
2- Open when in pain
1- No response
Verbal response
5- Oriented (responds properly)
4- Disoriented
3- Inappropriate response
2- Unintelligible sounds
1- No response
Motor response
6- Obeys to verbal command correctly
5- Localizes to pain
4- Withdrawal to pain
3- Can flex to pain
2- Extend to pain
1- No response