| 1 – Normal | 2 – Mild Dysfunction | 3 – Moderate Dysfunction | 4 – Severe Dysfunction | 5 – Very Severe Dysfunction | Score | |
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| Mental Status | Normal sleep/wake;appropriate responsivity | Sleepy but arousable to noise/ touch/movement and/or periods of social nonresponsivity | Lethargic and/or irritable | Minimal arousal to stimulus(stupor) | Unresponsive and/or Coma and/or Vegetative | |
| Sensory | Intact hearing and vision and responsive to touch | Suspected hearing or Suspected vision loss | Not reactive to auditory stimuli or Not reactive to visional stimuli | Not reactive to auditory stimuli and Not reactive to visional stimuli | Abnormal response to pain or touch | |
| Communication | Appropriate noncrying vocalizations, interactive facial expressiveness, or gestures | Diminished Vocalization Diminished Facial Expression and/or social responsiveness | Absence of attention getting behavior | No demonstration of discomfort | Absence of communication | |
| Motor Function | Coordinated body movements and Normal muscle control and Awareness of action and why it’s being done | 1 limb functionally impaired | 2 or more limbs functionally impaired | Poor head control | Diffuse Spasticity, Paralysis, Decerebrate/Decorticate Posturing | |
| Feeding | All food taken by mouth with age appropriate help | NPO or need for age inappropriate help with feeding | Oral and tube feedings | Parenteral Nutrition with oral or tube feedings | All parenteral nutrition | |
| Respiratory | Room air and no artificial support or aids | Oxygen and/or Suctioning | Tracheostomy | CPAP for all or part of the day and/or Mechanical ventilator support for part of the day | Mechanical ventilatory support for all of the day and night |
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