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Consciousness vs Avpu - What's the difference?

consciousness | avpu | initialism |

As a noun consciousness

is the state of being conscious or aware; awareness.

As an initialism AVPU is

a system used by medical workers to assess and record a patient's responsiveness and level of consciousness.

consciousness

English

Noun

(wikipedia consciousness)
  • The state of being conscious or aware; awareness.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5 , passage=Although the Celebrity was almost impervious to sarcasm, he was now beginning to exhibit visible signs of uneasiness, the consciousness dawning upon him that his eccentricity was not receiving the ovation it merited.}}
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-03, volume=408, issue=8847, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= The machine of a new soul , passage=Yet this is the level of organisation that does the actual thinking—and is, presumably, the seat of consciousness .}}

    Derived terms

    * cyberconsciousness * hyperconsciousness * teleconsciousness * raise someone's consciousness

    Related terms

    * conscious * conscience

    See also

    * being-for-itself

    avpu

    English

    Initialism

    (Initialism) (wikipedia AVPU) (head)
  • (emergency medicine) A system used by medical workers to assess and record a patient's responsiveness and level of consciousness
    • Check that drunk patient for AVPU .

    See also

    * GCS (Glasgow Coma Scale)