A 15-year-old male is brought to the ED after being assaulted to the head with a lead pipe. He opens his eyes briefly to deep painful stimuli, mumbles incomprehensible sounds, and withdraws to painful stimuli. What is his most appropriate GCS?Question 79Answera.7b.8c.9d.6
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A 15-year-old male is brought to the ED after being assaulted to the head with a lead pipe. He opens his eyes briefly to deep painful stimuli, mumbles incomprehensible sounds, and withdraws to painful stimuli. What is his most appropriate GCS?Question 79Answera.7b.8c.9d.6
Solution
Based on the provided information, we can determine the patient's Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score by assessing their eye-opening response, verbal response, and motor response.
The patient in this case briefly opens his eyes to deep painful stimuli, mumbles incomprehensible sounds, and withdraws to painful stimuli.
According to the GCS scoring system, the patient's eye-opening response is considered to be a response to painful stimuli, which corresponds to a score of 2.
The patient's verbal response is described as incomprehensible sounds, which corresponds to a score of 2.
Lastly, the patient's motor response is withdrawing to painful stimuli, which corresponds to a score of 4.
To calculate the GCS score, we add up the scores from each category: 2 (eye-opening response) + 2 (verbal response) + 4 (motor response) = 8.
Therefore, the most appropriate GCS score for this patient is 8.
Based on the given answer choices, the correct option would be b. 8.
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