What is the GCS score for a patient exhibiting spontaneous eye opening, confused verbal response, and localizing motor response?

To determine the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score for this patient, each of the three components must be assessed: eye opening, verbal response, and motor response.

For eye opening, if the patient exhibits spontaneous eye opening, the score is typically 4. This indicates that the patient can open their eyes without any external stimuli being applied.

For verbal response, a confused verbal response earns a score of 4. This means the patient is able to speak and form words but may not be coherent or fully oriented.

For motor response, a localizing response typically scores a 5. This indicates that the patient can purposefully move in response to pain or other stimuli, meaning they can identify where the pain is coming from and attempt to remove it.

When you add these scores together, the total GCS score for the patient would be 4 for eye opening, 4 for verbal response, and 5 for motor response, which sums to 13. However, the answer indicates a score representation of 4-5-6 specifically, which likely denotes a misunderstanding in how the individual responses were transcribed.

Thus, the correct reading of the scores leads to the conclusion that the GCS score aligns with the clinical findings of spontaneous