Table 1.
Grade | Consciousness Level |
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1‐digit code | The patient is awake without any stimuli, and is: |
1 | Almost fully conscious |
2 | Unable to recognize time, place, and person |
3 | Unable to recall name or date of birth |
2‐digit code | The patient can be aroused (then reverts to previous state after cessation of stimulation): |
10 | By easily by being spoken to (or is responsive with purposeful movements, phrases, or words)* |
20 | With a loud voice or shaking of shoulders (or is almost always responsive to very simple words like yes or no or to movements) |
30 | Only by repeated mechanical stimuli |
3‐digit code | The patient cannot be aroused with any forceful mechanical stimuli, and: |
100 | Responds with movements to avoid the stimulus |
200 | Responds with slight movements, including decerebrate and decorticate posture |
300 | Does not respond at all except for changes in respiratory rhythm |
”R” and “I” are added to the grade to indicate restlessness and incontinence of urine and feces, respectively: for example; 100‐R and 30‐RI.
Criteria in parentheses are used in patients who cannot open their eyes for any reason.