What Is the Purpose of the Glasgow Coma Scale

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Multiple Choice

What is the purpose of the Glasgow Coma Scale?

• A) Assesses the degree of conscious impairment in critically ill patients
• B) Locates abscesses, tumors, or hematomas that are responsible for coma
• C) Measures the degree of memory loss after recovering from a coma
• D) Provides a record of seizures, lesions, and several functional disturbances

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