Table 2. Scoring of patient scenarios by EMS providers.
Results are presented as the proportion of absolutely correctly assigned composite and component Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score and further stratified by mild, moderate, and severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) scenarios.
| Total (n=178) | No table aid (n=88) |
Table aid (n=90) | 95% CI | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | N | % | % Difference | Lower | Upper | |
| All scenarios | |||||||||
| Total GCS | 73 | (41.0) | 22 | (25.0) | 51 | (56.7) | 31.9 | 18.3 | 45.6 |
| Eye GCS | 110 | (61.8) | 38 | (43.2) | 72 | (80.0) | 37.3 | 24.1 | 50.5 |
| Verbal GCS | 125 | (70.2) | 48 | (54.5) | 77 | (85.6) | 31.6 | 19.0 | 44.3 |
| Motor GCS | 90 | (50.6) | 27 | (30.7) | 63 | (70.0) | 39.7 | 26.2 | 53.1 |
| Mild TBI scenarios (GCS 13–15) | |||||||||
| Total GCS | 32 | (54.2) | 13 | (44.8) | 19 | (63.3) | 14.3 | −6.1 | 34.6 |
| Eye GCS | 41 | (69.5) | 16 | (55.2) | 25 | (83.3) | 18.5 | −6.5 | 43.5 |
| Verbal GCS | 47 | (79.7) | 21 | (72.4) | 26 | (86.7) | 28.2 | 5.7 | 50.6 |
| Motor GCS | 44 | (74.6) | 17 | (58.6) | 27 | (90.0) | 29.3 | 6.1 | 52.5 |
| Moderate TBI scenarios (GCS 9–12) | |||||||||
| Total GCS | 17 | (28.8) | 3 | (10.3) | 14 | (46.7) | 31.4 | 10.5 | 52.3 |
| Eye GCS | 37 | (62.7) | 12 | (41.4) | 25 | (83.3) | 34.9 | 13.1 | 56.8 |
| Verbal GCS | 41 | (69.5) | 15 | (51.7) | 26 | (86.7) | 36.3 | 15.3 | 57.3 |
| Motor GCS | 21 | (35.6) | 6 | (20.7) | 15 | (50.0) | 40.0 | 17.4 | 62.6 |
| Severe TBI scenarios (GCS 3–8) | |||||||||
| Total GCS | 24 | (40.0) | 6 | (20.0) | 18 | (60.0) | 40.0 | 16.9 | 63.1 |
| Eye GCS | 32 | (53.3) | 10 | (33.3) | 22 | (73.3) | 42.0 | 19.6 | 64.3 |
| Verbal GCS | 37 | (61.7) | 12 | (40.0) | 25 | (83.3) | 43.3 | 21.3 | 65.4 |
| Motor GCS | 25 | (41.7) | 4 | (13.3) | 21 | (70.0) | 56.7 | 36.2 | 77.1 |