Table 1 Sedation Scale (SS-5) and Emotional State Scale (ESS-4)
Sedation Score | |
1 | Rarely awake, needs shaking or shouting to wake up |
2 | Asleep, eyes closed, wake up when called softly or lightly touched |
3 | Sleepy, but eyes open spontaneously |
4 | Awake |
5 | Agitated |
Emotional State Score | |
1 | Calm |
2 | Apprehensive, not smiling, tentative behavior, withdrawn |
3 | Crying |
4 | Thrashing, crying with movements of the arms and legs, resisting |