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<onlyinclude>The '''Glasgow Coma Scale''' (GCS) ([http://www.brainline.org/content/2010/10/what-is-the-glasgow-coma-scale.html], [http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow_Coma_Scale]) is a commmon neurological assessment scale used to quantify the level of consciousness in a person following a '''traumatic brain injury'''. </onlyinclude> Basically, it is used to help gauge the severity of an acute brain injury. | <onlyinclude>The '''Glasgow Coma Scale''' (GCS) ([http://www.brainline.org/content/2010/10/what-is-the-glasgow-coma-scale.html], [http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow_Coma_Scale]) is a commmon neurological assessment scale used to quantify the level of consciousness in a person following a '''traumatic brain injury'''. </onlyinclude> Basically, it is used to help gauge the severity of an acute brain injury. | ||
*The '''Glasgow Coma Score''' is also used as part of the [[:Category:APACHE II|APACHE II]] assessment score for Critical Care Program and the [[ | *The '''Glasgow Coma Score''' is also used as part of the [[:Category:APACHE II|APACHE II]] assessment score for Critical Care Program and the [[ALERT Scale]] for Medicine Program. | ||
*The '''bedside nurses''' doing the GCS evaluation on the patient will record the best response. The '''data collector''' will look at the first 24 hours of GCS scores and record the '''worst''' value of those. | *The '''bedside nurses''' doing the GCS evaluation on the patient will record the best response. The '''data collector''' will look at the first 24 hours of GCS scores and record the '''worst''' value of those. | ||