This week, MedicTests.com, goes over the Glasgow Coma Scale. How and when should we use this assessment tool?

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The nervous system is the command/control center of the body, regulating consciousness, carrying sensory signals, and muscle commands. The nervous system is divided into the central nervous system (CNS) and the peripheral nervous system (PNS). The CNS includes the brain and spinal cord; the peripheral nervous system (PNS) consists of the nerves that branch from the CNS and innervate the rest of the body. The spinal cord runs from the brainstem to the 1st or 2nd lumbar vertebrae.

Cushing’s triad (Hypertension, bradycardia and irregular respirations) is one of the classic sign for elevated intracranial pressure. Hypertension is due to maintain cerebral perfusion pressure (Cerebral perfusion pressure = Mean arterial pressure – Intracranial pressure), when ICP increases cerebral perfusion must somehow maintained above 50 mm Hg). Bradycardia is a reflex response to hypertension and […]

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