How this exercise works
Score Eye, Verbal, and Motor for each neurologic scenario. Lower scores signal more severe injury; totals guide escalation and documentation.
Fundamental concept
Scoring eye, verbal, and motor components during routine neurologic monitoring and when to escalate declining totals.
Read: Glasgow Coma Scale for LPN Neurologic Checks →Scenario
A patient with a temporal skull fracture becomes progressively obtunded. Eyes open only to trapezius squeeze, verbal output is moaning without words, and both arms extend rigidly with internal rotation to painful stimuli.
Select the best eye, verbal, and motor score.
