C.J. is a 48-year-old concert pianist. Before her performance this evening, she told a friend that she was
experiencing what she called "the worst headache I've ever had" and that she had taken two extra
strength acetaminophen (Tylenol ES),
but they "didn't touch my headache." During her performance, she
stopped playing, reached up, grasped her head, and then fell unconscious. When the paramedics arrived,
she was intubated and an intravenous (IV) line was started with normal saline.
On arrival at the emergency department, she has a Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score of 3 . Her hus
band reports a history of hypertension and states she recently quit taking her medication because it
made her feel tired. She is trying to quit smoking; she has cut down to a half pack of cigarettes per day,
she drinks alcohol only socially on weekends, and she has a remote history of cocaine use. He says that
she has complained of worsening, intermittent headaches for the past few weeks.
Describe C.J.'s neurologic presentation that equates with a GCS score of 3.
If C.J. has a GCS score of 3, she is completely unresponsive with no verbal or motor response to
painful stimuli, she has complete muscular flaccidity, and her eyes do not open.
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