What is a 'General Survey'? - Begins the moment you first encounter a patient. *Physical Appearance
*Behavior
*Body Structure
*Mobility.
General Survey: Physical Appearance - age, sex, level of consciousness, skin color, facial features
General Survey: Mobility - -Gait
-Range of Motion (ROM)
General Survey: Body Structure - stature, nutrition, symmetry, posture, position, body build, contour
General Survey: Behavior - facial expression, mood and affect, speech, speech pattern, dress
(appropriate to weather), personal hygiene
Glascow Coma Scale (GCS) - Neurologic assessment of
* verbal response
*eye opening
*motor function.
GCS scoring eyes - Eyes
-4 Open spontaneously
-3 Opens on verbal
-2 Opens on pain
-1 Unresponsive
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