Score that describes the participant's verbal response according to the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS)

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GCS Verbal response

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Choose one. This element should be collected along with the other elements from the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS). Intubation and severe facial/eye swelling or damage make it impossible to test the verbal and eye responses. In these circumstances, the score is given as 1 with a modifier attached e.g. 'E1S' where 's' = swollen, or 'V1t' where t = tube. A composite might be 'GCS 5tc'. This would mean, for example, eyes closed because of swelling = 1, intubated = 1, leaving a motor score of 3 for 'abnormal flexion'. Often the 1 is left out, so the scale reads Es or Vt.

Best verbal response