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Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Trauma scores:

Glasgow Coma Score:

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 Trauma Score:

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 Revised Trauma Score:

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 The CRAMS scale:

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  Other major Trauma Scoring Systems:

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4 comments:

  1. What is the GCS scoring in intubated patients???

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    1. a score of 8 or less requires intubation

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  2. E and M is easy... U can put V and Vt but if u want a score..it is an estimate of 1 or 3 or 5 points...obeys verbal commandsgive 5 points responds to call...3 points..no reponse 1 point!


    this is based on a study don't recall ref offhand

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  3. for intubated patients, take verbal score as that given in apache 3 scoring

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