Your patient opens his eyes, moans, and pulls away from you when you pinch his trapezius muscle. You should assign a Glasgow Coma Scale score of:

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Your patient opens his eyes, moans, and pulls away from you when you pinch his trapezius muscle. You should assign a Glasgow Coma Scale score of:

Explanation:
Understanding how the Glasgow Coma Scale is calculated relies on adding three separate responses: eye opening, verbal, and motor. In this scenario, the pinch (a painful stimulus) elicits eye opening, a moan in verbal response, and withdrawal from the pain in motor response. Eye opening to pain is scored as 2. Verbal response described as moaning corresponds to incomprehensible sounds, also a 2. Motor response of withdrawing from pain is a 4. Adding these gives 2 + 2 + 4 = 8. So the correct GCS score is 8.

Understanding how the Glasgow Coma Scale is calculated relies on adding three separate responses: eye opening, verbal, and motor. In this scenario, the pinch (a painful stimulus) elicits eye opening, a moan in verbal response, and withdrawal from the pain in motor response. Eye opening to pain is scored as 2. Verbal response described as moaning corresponds to incomprehensible sounds, also a 2. Motor response of withdrawing from pain is a 4. Adding these gives 2 + 2 + 4 = 8. So the correct GCS score is 8.

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