The Glasgow Structured Approach
to Assessment of the Glasgow Coma Scale

The structured approach to assessment of the Glasgow Coma Scale and the Glasgow Coma Scale itself, are tools for the assessment and communication of a patient’s level of consciousness. The information provided on this website and in the video is to support your learning and understanding of these tools.

Neither the use of this website, the watching of the video, nor completion of the self-assessment tool provide any guarantee as to your competence in these domains. The decision as to whether or not you are competent and safe to utilise these tools in clinical practice is entirely at the discretion of the systems in place in your clinic/country to assess competence of medical, nursing and paramedical staff. By viewing this website and utilising any of the resources herein you are agreeing to these terms.