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Glasgow coma scale

Glasgow coma scale


noun 
Definition:
 
scale indicating brain impairment: a system for assessing the severity of brain impairment in somebody with a brain injury that uses the sum of scores given for eye-opening, verbal, and motor responses. A high score of 15 indicates no impairment and a score of 8 or less indicates severe impairment.

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