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  • noun Initialism of Glasgow Coma Scale, a system used by medical workers to score the severity of a patient being transported by ambulance on a number scale.

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Examples

  • I sat down on the floor in GCS and stared at the painted stars.

    "They've got cars big as bars, they've got rivers of gold." ellen_datlow 2008

  • The GCS is a way for doctors and nurses to assess the severity of brain damage following a head injury.

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2010

  • The GCS is a way for doctors and nurses to assess the severity of brain damage following a head injury.

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2010

  • The GCS is a way for doctors and nurses to assess the severity of brain damage following a head injury.

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2010

  • Moderate-to-severe TBI was defined as a GCS of less than 13, a PTA greater than 24 hours or an abnormal CT brain image.

    Marketwire - Breaking News Releases 2008

  • Dynaukn I better stop telling women I suffer from 'GCS' which prevents me from courting (George Clooney Syndrome-you know ... forever a bachelor) girlwonderful Was going to ask if George Clooney's girlfriend regrets her armband tattoo, but she's George Clooney's girlfriend - she doesn't give an eff.

    Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2010

  • MAST cited its contracts with two manufacturing foundries such as GCS Global Communications Semiconductors for consumer products and BAE Systems, one of the largest defense companies worldwide.

    EE Times-Asia 2008

  • GCS of McLean named Kenneth Leiter, formerly with Lockheed Martin, chief operating officer.

    Washington area appointments and promotions for the week of March 7 2011

  • O'Sullivan reported a significant increase in the GCS scores (in relation to their baseline) for the subgroups receiving flumazenil with confirmed benzodiazepine overdoses and mixed overdoses with benzodiazepines.

    Flumanazil 2010

  • The subjects were monitored for improvements in their level of consciousness using a modified Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) over a 24 hour period.

    Flumanazil 2010

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