Adult & Pediatric Versions
The Pediatric Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) Calculator is an interactive tool for scoring a child's level of consciousness across three components — eye opening, best motor response, and best verbal response — with age-banded criteria for infants, young children, and older children/adults. Users can tap through a Smart Score view to get a live total (out of 15) with a severity interpretation, or reference the full scoring tables directly in a Table view. Per the app's own reference, the smart-score interactivity, severity thresholds, and common pitfalls are drawn from Teasdale & Jennett (Lancet 1974) — the original description of the GCS — and the APLS 6th edition.
Eye opening, best motor response, and best verbal response, each scored separately and then summed for a total out of 15.
Yes — the tool uses separate verbal-response criteria for infants (0–23 months), children 2–5 years, and those over 5 years.
The tool labels a total GCS of 13–15 as mild, 9–12 as moderate, and 8 or below as severe head injury, presented as a research add-on alongside guidance such as securing the airway for severe scores.
Per the guide's pitfalls pearl, an intubated patient's verbal component should be scored and charted as "1T."
The app's own reference cites Teasdale & Jennett (Lancet 1974), the original description of the Glasgow Coma Scale, along with APLS 6th edition.