Purpose: To assess the severity of a patient's coma based on clinical findings.						Citations with documentation. 17.01.01	Medal Project 1997. See disclaimer.
data	enter
Are you evaluating a patient's level of consciousness? (Y or N)		:-):-):-)
age of patient in years		years
:-):-):-)		:-):-):-)
enter an "x" in the appropriate column for each finding (give only 1 answer per row)
	spontaneous	to verbal stimuli	to pain	none
eye opening							Yes	2
	oriented and converses	disoriented and converses	inappropriate words	grunts or groans	no response
best verbal response							Yes	3
	obeys commands	localizes pain	flexion withdrawal	decorticate rigidity	decerebrate rigidity	no response
best motor response							Yes	1
interpretation	results
data complete?	Yes
Is the use of this scale appropriate?	Yes	:-):-):-)
Glasgow coma scale	6
which indicates	an intermediate level of injury