Patient's response level
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- Alert
- awake and attentive with normal/accurate responses to stimulation
- Orientation
- oriented to person, place, time & why
- Patient's response level
- arousal, attention, orientation, cognition, memory, hearing & vision
- Memory
- short & long term memory
- Arousal
- body's ability to respond to activity
- Hearing
- do they maintain a conversation without difficulty hearing?
- Stupor
- semi-comatose; respond to noxious stimuli only; cannot maintain attention to treatment when aroused
- Obtunded
- hard to arouse, appear confused if awake; need lots of stimulation to stay awake
- Attention
- aware of environment without being distracted
- Coma
- not able to be aroused by any means
- Vision
- can they see in front of them peripherally
- Cognition
- understanding fundamentals of knowledge ie. iq, test, long term memory
- lethargic
- tired (might fall asleep during treatment); may become diverted during treatment