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Glasgow Coma Scale Assessment

The first 3 steps

  1. Explain to the patient and any relatives what you are about to do.
  2. Assess eye opening: spontaneous 4, to speech 3, to pain 2, none 1.
  3. Assess the best verbal response: orientated 5 down to none 1.

8 more steps and the Ghana-specific adaptation

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