Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Sedation Scale

Level of Consciousness

Stimulus

Score

agitated, anxious, in pain

spontaneous without stimulus

6

awake and calm

spontaneous without stimulus

5

drowsy with eyes open or closed, easily aroused

with mild to moderate verbal stimulus

4

drowsy, arousable

moderate tactile or loud verbal

3

can be aroused to consciousness but slow

requires sustained painful stimulus

2

can be aroused but not to consciousness

requires sustained painful stimulus

1

unresponsive

no response to painful stimuli

0

Score

Interpretation

6

inadequate sedation

5

minimal conscious sedation

4

conscious sedation, moderate

3

conscious sedation, moderate to deep

2

conscious sedation, deep

1

<excessive sedation>

0

anesthesia