QUESTIONAIRE
The Knowledge of Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) among Health Care Professional in Sarawak
General Hospital Emergency Department.
INSTRUCTION:
1. Kindly answer all the questions willingly with ease and calm.
2. All answers and information are confidential and only be used in this study only
DECLARATIONS
SECTION A: DEMOGRAPHY
Instruction: Choose one answer from the options below:
1. Profession
o Assistant Medical Officer
o Nurse
o Medical Officer
o Houseman Officers
2. Gender
o Male
o Female
3. Working Experience *
Please state your years of working experience (eg: 5 years)
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SECTION B: KNOWLEDGE OF GCS
1. What are the specific sections that comprise the Glasgow Coma Scale?
A. Eye opening, verbal response, pupil response
B. Eye opening, verbal response, limb movement
C. Eye opening, verbal response, motor response
D. Eye opening, respiratory pattern, motor response
2. Vital signs are a component of the Glasgow Coma Scale.
A. True
B. False
3. The Glasgow Coma Scale cannot assess intubated patient’s level of
consciousness.
A. True
B. False
4. The lowest score of the Glasgow Coma Scale is?
A. 1
B. 3
C. 4
D. 10
5. The total maximum score of Glasgow Coma Scale is?
A. 3/3
B. 20 /20
C. 10 / 10
D. 15 / 15
6. Patients with a Glasgow Coma Scale score of and below are
considered comatose?
A. 1
B. 3
C. 8
D. 10
7. In nursing practice, a reduction of the Glasgow Coma Scale score of is seen as
a deterioration in conscious level and requires informing the medical team.
A. True
B. False
8. GCS score for the eye opening if patient opens eye only on pain stimuli?
A. 3
B. 4
C. 2
D. 1
9. GCS score for eye opening if patient opens eye only on verbal command?
A. 3
B. 1
C. 2
D. 4
10. When asking a patient at hospital, “Do you know where you are now?” the
patient states he is at his daughter’s condominium. He is..
A. Orientated
B. Confused
C. Producing inappropriate words.
D. Producing incomprehensive sound
11. Interpretation of incomprehensible sounds in verbal response of GCS score
is..
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
12. When testing the best motor response, you…
A. Record the response in the best arm.
B. Record the response in the worst arm.
C. Record the best response from the legs.
D. Record the response in all four limbs
13. To test motor response in a tetraplegia patient (paralyzed in all four
limbs)?
A. Inflict a pain stimulus in the arms until there is a response.
B. Inflict a pain stimulus in the legs until there is a response
C. Ask the patient to nod or turn his head.
D. Lift the arm up and let it drop to the bed three times.
14. On assessing a patient’s motor response, he is unable to comply. You inflict a
pain stimulus on his chest and he push your hand. He…
A. Is obeying commands
B. Is localizing pain
C. Has abnormal flexion
D. Has abnormal extension
15. GCS score for motor response if the patient localizes to the painful stimuli?
A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5
16. GCS score for motor response if the patient obeys verbal command?
A. 2
B. 4
C. 5
D. 6
17. GCS score if patient opens eyes only after verbal command, uses
inappropriate word and localizes the area of pain stimuli?
A. E3V3M5
B. E2V3M6
C. E4V4M5
D. E3V2M5
18. A 23-year-old man is brought into emergency department by assistant medical
officer after a motor-vehicle accident. At triage counter you assess the patient
Glasgow Coma Scale. His eyes are closed but open to command. He can move his
arms and legs on command. When you ask him questions, he is disoriented but able to
converse. What is his GCS score?
A.11
B.12
C. 13
D. 14
19. When you provided pain stimulus, your patient extends and abducts both
arms away from body. This response characterizes ?
A. Withdrawal to pain
B. Decerebrate posturing
C. Localized pain
D. Decorticate posturing
20. You are the paramedic on duty at yellow zone and you assess a 22 year old
female patient. She is staring off into space, and babbling. When you start an IV,
she cries out incomprehensibly but does not pull away. What is her GCS ?
A. 7
B. 8
C. 9
D. 10
