Maximum scores in each Glasgow Coma Scale component
4-5-6 for E-V-M
Total ranges from 3 to 15; 8 or less usually means airway protection is needed.
Gives the maxima only, not the grades within each component.
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4-5-6 for E-V-M. It helps you recall: Maximum scores in each Glasgow Coma Scale component.
Eye opening — maximum 4
Verbal response — maximum 5
Motor response — maximum 6
E: Eye opening — maximum 4; V: Verbal response — maximum 5; M: Motor response — maximum 6.
It belongs to Emergency and critical care in General Medicine.
Gives the maxima only, not the grades within each component.
Total ranges from 3 to 15; 8 or less usually means airway protection is needed.
Say it aloud, write it from memory tomorrow, then again in a week. Then test yourself on a General Medicine question about Emergency and critical care.
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