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  • Overview
    • What Is a Traumatic Brain Injury?
    • TBI: Acquired Brain Injury
    • Effects of Traumatic Brain Injury
    • TBI Severity: Mild, Moderate or Severe?
    • Brain Injury FAQs
  • Symptoms
    • Glasgow Coma Scale
    • Mild Brain Injury Symptoms
    • Severe Brain Injury Symptoms
  • Causes
    • Auto Accident
    • Workplace Accident
    • Chemical Exposure
    • Slip and Fall
    • Sports Injuries and Traumatic Brain Injury
    • Traumatic Brain Injury and Concussions
  • Brain Injury Types
    • Anoxic Brain Injury
    • Open Head Injury
    • Closed Head Injury
    • Frontal Lobe Damage
    • Diffuse Axonal Brain Injury
    • Hypoxia
  • Treatments
    • Initial Treatment
    • Acute Treatment
    • Surgical Treatment
    • Rehabilitation
  • Living with Brain Injury
    • Costs of Care
    • Medical Technology
    • Long Term Care
    • Cognitive Difficulties with Brain Injury
    • Family and Caregiver Issues
  • Overview
    • What Is a Traumatic Brain Injury?
    • TBI: Acquired Brain Injury
    • Effects of Traumatic Brain Injury
    • TBI Severity: Mild, Moderate or Severe?
    • Brain Injury FAQs
  • Symptoms
    • Glasgow Coma Scale
    • Mild Brain Injury Symptoms
    • Severe Brain Injury Symptoms
  • Causes
    • Auto Accident
    • Workplace Accident
    • Chemical Exposure
    • Slip and Fall
    • Sports Injuries and Traumatic Brain Injury
    • Traumatic Brain Injury and Concussions
  • Brain Injury Types
    • Anoxic Brain Injury
    • Open Head Injury
    • Closed Head Injury
    • Frontal Lobe Damage
    • Diffuse Axonal Brain Injury
    • Hypoxia
  • Treatments
    • Initial Treatment
    • Acute Treatment
    • Surgical Treatment
    • Rehabilitation
  • Living with Brain Injury
    • Costs of Care
    • Medical Technology
    • Long Term Care
    • Cognitive Difficulties with Brain Injury
    • Family and Caregiver Issues

classifications

TBI Severity: Mild, Moderate or Severe?

TBI Severity: Mild, Moderate Or Severe?

Doctors and medical professionals measure consciousness and brain injury severity based on the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS). This scale assigns numbers to eye, verbal and motor responsiveness, then adds those numbers together for a total GCS number between 1 and 15.

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