When assessing the conscious level of the patient by using the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS), and the patient has spontaneous eye opening, confused verbal response, and localized motor response, what is the GCS score?
A)4
B)10
C)12
D)13

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13 is the GCS score if the patient has spontaneous eye opening, confused verbal response, and localized motor response.
Glasgow coma scale is used to assess the conscious level of a patient. It has three major components of assessment. They are: eye opening, verbal response, and motor response.
Spontaneous eye opening is scored as 4; the confused verbal response is scored as 4; and the localized motor response is scored as 5. So the total GCS score is 13.

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