Patient Behavior | Score |
---|---|
Anxious or agitated, or both | 1 |
Cooperative, oriented, and calm | 2 |
Responds only to commands | 3 |
Asleep but sensitive to a gentle touch or loud stimulus | 4 |
Asleep but sluggish response to a gentle touch or loud stimulus | 5 |
No response | 6 |
Explanation
This scale can be used for all patients receiving sedation or anesthetic drugs, and sedation depth should be maintained between scores of 2-5.