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Mapping Glasgow Coma scale to AVPU scores among adults in the prehospital setting.

Sriram RamgopalRebecca E CashMasashi OkuboChristian Martin-Gill
Published in: The American journal of emergency medicine (2024)
We report an optimal crosswalk between the AVPU and GCS scales. Performance in the Verbal and Pain categories was lower than the Alert and Unresponsive categories. These findings may facilitate clinician handovers between EMS and non-EMS clinicians.
Keyphrases
  • emergency medical
  • chronic pain
  • working memory
  • high resolution
  • pain management
  • cardiac arrest
  • neuropathic pain
  • palliative care
  • high density
  • clinical decision support
  • trauma patients
  • spinal cord injury
  • spinal cord