EVALUATION ON TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY
GLASGOW COMA SCALE (GCS)
RANCHOS LOS AMIGOS SCALE (RLAS)
Measure a person's level of consciousness after a brain injury
To assess level of consciousness
By Teasdale and Jennett in 1974
3 independent responses
Eye opening
One (1)
Three (3)
Four (4)
Two (2)
No response
To pain
To speech
Spontaneously
Verbal Response
One (1)
No response
Three (3)
Inappropriate words
Four (4)
Confused
Two (2)
Incomprehensible sounds
Five (5)
Oriented to time, person & place
Motor Response
One (1)
No response
Three (3)
Abnormal Flexion
Four (4)
Flex to withdraw from pain
Two (2)
Abnormal Extension
Five (5)
Moves to localised pain
Six (6)
Obeys command
to measures level of awareness and cognitive function
standardised measure which describes the cognitive and behavioural patterns commonly observed in patients as they recover from a TBI
LEVELS OF COGNITIVE FUNCTIONING
One (I)
No response
Three (III)
Localized Response
Four (IV)
Confused/Agitated
Two (2)
Generalized Response
Five (V)
Confused, Inappropriate Non-Agitated
Six (6)
Confused, Appropriate
Seven (VII)
Eight (VIII)
Automatic, Appropriate
Purposeful, Appropriate