Question

Neurological assessment

• What are we actually assessing?

• Is a GCS a neurological assessment? What are we assessing in a GCS? AVPU?

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Answer 1

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Q: What are we actually assessing?
A: We are assessing a patients level of consciousness.

Q: Is a GCS a neurological assessment?
A: Yes, GCS is a neurological assessment

Q: What are we assessing in a GCS? AVPU?
A: GCS is a scale for assessing a patient's level of consciousness by certain parameters such as eye opening response (E), verbal response (V) and motor response (M). The maximum score is recorded as E4V5M6. In case of a brain injury, in severe cases GCS score will be 8 or less and moderate it is in between 9-12. If the score is between 13-15 the brain injury is mild.
AVPU is used in emergency and first aid situations for assessing level of consciousness as a protocol. A stands for alert, V for Verbal, P for pain, and U for unresponsive.
Alert - having spontaneous eye opening. Fully awake patient
Verbal - any response when the patient is asked whether he is okay, for e.g. response like grunt or moan
Pain - This cal be assessed by painful stimuless like sternal rub or squeezing
Unresponsive - patient is totally unresponsive