What is the range of the Glasgow Coma Scale?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. 3 to 15
- Step 1: The scale adds eye (1-4), verbal (1-5) and motor (1-6) responses.
Answer
3 to 15.
Why not the others: The minimum score is 3, not 0.
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