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Avpu Neurological Assessment. The client is aware of the environment and is opening their eyes spontaneously. The avpu scale is a quick and easy method to assess level of consciousness. The avpu scale is a first hand system that aims to simplify the gcs scale glasgow coma scale as a first aid measure of assessing level of consciousness. It focuses on eye voice and motor skills based on different stimulations.
A rapid assessment tool that is utilised in the healthcare field to measure conscious state is the avpu scale. It is mostly used in emergency medicine protocols and within first aid. Avpu is a very basic assessment of a person s level of consciousness and is very commonly used in both first aid and pre hospital care because of its simplicity and ease of use. The client s eyes do not open spontaneously rather. The gcs was developed by teasdale and jennet in 1974 2 aimed at standardizing assessment of level of consciousness in head trauma victims 3. Research on avpu has hitherto been conducted with participants who have the experience and training in neurological assessment which the scale is thought not to require ambulance technicians mackay et al 2000 neurosurgical nurses mcnarry and goldhill 2004 poisons unit nurses kelly et al 2004 and emergency room physicians gill et al 2007 rather than with staff who rely on avpu to observe patients on general acute wards.
The avpu scale is a quick and easy method to assess level of consciousness.
A rapid assessment tool that is utilised in the healthcare field to measure conscious state is the avpu scale. The avpu scale an acronym from alert verbal pain unresponsive is a system by which a health care professional can measure and record a patient s level of consciousness. Before assessment ascertain the patient s acuity of hearing medical history and any indications that may affect level of consciousness. I alert and oriented. The client s eyes do not open spontaneously rather. In the avpu assessment three questions are asked.