Trick for remembering motor portion of GCS : r/medicalschool - Reddit
Sep 10, 2022 · Neat memory device for remembering the motor portion of the GCS score. Most of them rhyme (except for 5 - this is an alliteration). 6 - Do this…
What’s their GCS? : r/ems - Reddit
GCS is trash as a measurement tool for the field and is being used outside of what it's original intended purpose was. It's needlessly complicated, the various scores aren't significantly beneficial, it's …
GCS score on non-verbal/quadriplegic patients? : r/NewToEMS
GCS is a pretty useless number outside of trauma but nurses and CQI specialists seem to love it. What I've always done is calculate the GCS based on what you have (for example, Eyes-4, Verbal-1, and …
What does a Glasgow Coma Scale of 3 mean? Patients with head
Mar 22, 2023 · What does a Glasgow Coma Scale of 3 mean? Patients with head injury with low Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) scores on hospital admission have a poor prognosis. A GCS score of 3 …
How do you remember GCS? : r/emergencymedicine - Reddit
It was never meant to be an aggregate score, it was originally intended to be individual scores trended over time from post-op brain surg. Also, a recent paper from Annals shows a motor score <6 was …
GCS Question : r/medicine - Reddit
Sep 20, 2017 · r/medicine is a virtual lounge for physicians and other medical professionals from around the world to talk about the latest advances, controversies, ask questions of each other, have a laugh, …
GCS Score and Intubation? : r/anesthesiology - Reddit
Jan 18, 2023 · GCS Score and Intubation? Anyone here ever hear the phrase "GCS eight, intubate?" That's what I learned going into residency, but now having completed training, I realized that I don't …
Can you assess GCS in someone’s who’s mute - Reddit
Dec 12, 2022 · You can assess GCS on anyone and anything. A table has a GCS of 3. Someone acutely catatonic may have a GCS of 6 (E4V1M1). You then interpret the score in its wider clinical …
I hate the Glasgow Coma Scale. I made it as easy as I could ... - Reddit
Feb 28, 2014 · I once saw two trauma surgeons hovering over a patient who was bleeding to death, having an argument over what the patient's GCS score was. All while looking directly at a GCS …
Does anyone know their Glasgow Coma Scale score? : r/TBI - Reddit
Jul 9, 2022 · The GCS is a method to give numerical quantification of a patient's cognitive function, which is used to quickly assess and convey severity of head injury. I believe it serves to allow all the …