Mindray VS 9 - Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS)

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◆ Import the desired scoring tools to the monitor: connect a USB drive to the
monitor’s USB port. From the USB Drive page, select the scoring tools on
the USB drive, and then select Import.
NOTE
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• The monitor provide MEWS, NEWS, and NEWS2 by default. You cannot delete
them.
• For details about how to import scoring tools, refer to Mindray Clinical
Scoring Config Tool Instruction for Use (P/N: 046-007126-00).
15.2 Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS)
The Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) function is based on 1974_Lancet_ Teasdale Assessment
of Coma and Impaired Consciousness-A Practical Scale. Three aspects of behavior are
independently measured: eye opening, verbal response, and motor response. The scores
are added together to indicate that patient’s level of consciousness.
GCS is intended for adults and pediatric patients.
CAUTION
• GCS is intended as an adjunct in patient assessment and must be used in
conjunction with observation of clinical signs and symptoms.
• GCS is not applied to patients that are sedated, muscularly relaxed, with
artificial airway, drunk, or in status epilepsies.
• GCS is not applied to deaf people and patients having language barrier or
with mental disorder.
• When applied to children younger than five years old or elder people who are
slow, the GCS score might be low.