2. UNCONSCIOUSNESS
IT IS AN ABNORMAL STATE RESULTING FROM
DISTURBANCE OF SENSORY PERCEPTION TO
THE EXTENT THAT THE PATIENT IS NOT AWARE
OF WHAT IS HAPPENING AROUND HIM.
PERIOD MAY BE MOMENTARY OR MAY LAST FOR
MONTH.
3. LEVELS OF UNCONSCIOUNESS
• EXCITATORY UNCONSCIOUSNESS:
PATIENT DOES NOT RESPOND COHERENTLY
BUT IS EASILY DISTURBED BY SENSORY
STIMULI.
COMMONLY SEEN IN PATIENTS WHO ARE
GOING UNDER ANESTHESIA.
4. • SOMNOLENT:
PATIENT IS EXTREMELY DROWSY AND
WILL RESPOND ONLY OF SPOKEN TO
DIRECTLY AND PERHAPS TOUCHED.
5. • STUPOROUS
PATIENT RESPONDS ONLY TO PAINFUL
STIMULI SUCH AS PRICKING OR
PINCHING OF THE SKIN.
IN DEEP STUPOR PATIENT MAY RESPOND
ONLY TO SUPRAORBITAL OR SUBSTERNAL
PRESSURE.
