Acute Care 30: Glasgow Coma Scale—Adult,
Pediatric, Infant
Eye Opening
Infant (<1 Pediatric (>1 Adult
year) year)
Spontaneous Spontaneous Spontaneous 4
Voice Voice Voice 3
Pain Pain Pain 2
None None None 1
Verbal Response
Infant (<2 Pediatric (>2 Adult
years) years)
Coos, Appropriate word/ Oriented 5
babbles phrase
Irritable but Disoriented/ Confused 4
consolable converses
Persistent Inappropriate Inappropriate 3
cries/ word
screams
Moans/grunts Incomprehensible Incomprehensible 2
to sounds
pain; restless
None None None 1
Motor Response
Infant (<1 year) Pediatric (>1 year) Adult
Spontaneous Obeys Obeys 6
Localizes pain Localizes pain Localizes 5
pain
Flexion-withdrawal Flexion-withdrawal Withdraws 4
Flexion/decorticate Flexion/decorticate Abnormal 3
flexion
(decorticate)
Extension/decerebrate Extension/decerebrate Abnormal 2
extension
(decerebrate)
None None None 1
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Edition 13-October 2011