NeurologicalExaminationConsciousness&HighCorticalfunctionConsciousness•Consciouslevel:wakefulness-alertness(GCS,drowsiness,stupor,coma)•Consciouscontent:awareness(confusion)AscendingReticularactivatingsystem(ARAS):upperbrainstemtegmentumandmidlineandintralaminarnucleiofthethalamusCorticalandsubcorticalstructureGlasgowComaScaleEyeopeningVerbalMotorresponse1NoneNoneNone2TopainSoundsDecerebrate3TospeechWordsDecorticate4SpontaneousConfusedWithdrawtopain5OrientedLocalizingtopain6ObeycommandsOrientation•Person•Place•TimeJudgement•Whattodowhensmelledsmokeintheater
Orientation&Judgement•Immediatememory&attention~Digitspan:Normalsevenforward,fivebackward•Recentmomory~Recallthreeitemsorabriefstoryafteradelayof3to5minutes•Remotemomory~historicalorverifiablepersonaleventsMemory•Calculation~(100–7)x7ti