Abstract
Those of us who attended the Second National Neuroscience Nursing Conference last month were very interested to hear the keynote presentation given by Sir Graham Teasdale. Sir Graham is a legendary figure in the neuroscience world and there were nurses in attendance at the conference who were extremely grateful to Sir Graham and his colleagues for developing the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) more than 30 years ago. Before this tool was developed nurses had to write great long descriptions of patient behaviour in order to make an assessment of a patient's consciousness. The introduction of the GCS transformed these nurses' lives and they were able to undertake a quick and valid assessment and communicate a patient's level of consciousness to other colleagues in a way that became universally understood.
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