Glasgow Coma Scale Motor Component ('Patient Does Not Follow Commands') Performs Similarly to Total Glasgow Coma Scale in Predicting Severe Injury in Trauma Patients

摘要

Study objective: Trauma victims are frequently triaged to a trauma center according to the patient's calculated Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score despite its known inconsistencies. The substitution of a simpler binary assessment of GCS motor (GCS-m) score less than 6 (ie, "patient does not follow commands") would simplify field triage. We compare total GCS score to this binary assessment for predicting trauma outcomes.