60 PCN Cerebral Performance Categories (CPC Scale)
- CPC 1
- good cerebral performance – conscious, alert, able to work, might have mild neurologic or psychologic deficit
- CPC 2
- moderate cerebral disability – conscious, sufficient cerebral function for independent activities of daily life, able to work in sheltered environment
- CPC 3
- severe cerebral disability – conscious, dependent on others for daily support because of impaired brain function, ranges from ambulatory state to severe dementia or paralysis
- CPC 4
- coma or vegetative state – any degree of coma without the presence of all brain death criteria; unawareness, even if appears awake (vegetative state) without interaction with environment, may have spontaneous eye opening and sleep/awake cycles, cerebral unresponsiveness
- CPC 5
- brain death – apnea, areflexia, EEG silence
