You are treating a 6-month-old patient who was accidently dropped down a flight of steps, when her mother stumbled at the top of the stairway. The infant will only open her eyes and moan to deep painful stimuli, and tries to withdraw from the pain. Given these findings, you calculate her Glasgow Coma Score to be:

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The Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) assesses a person's level of consciousness after a head injury and is composed of three tests: eye, verbal, and motor responses. The infant opens her eyes to painful stimuli (score of 2), moans to painful stimuli which indicates verbal response to pain (score of 2), and tries to withdraw from pain which is a motor response (score of 4). Adding these scores together (2+2+4) gives a total GCS score of 8.

You Are Treating a 6-Month-Old Patient Who Was Accidently Dropped