Table 1: Modified comfort scale.
| Alertness | Deeply asleep | 1 | ||||
| Lightly asleep | 2 | |||||
| Drowsy | 3 | |||||
| Fully awake and alert | 4 | |||||
| Hyper alert | 5 | |||||
| Muscle tone | No muscle tone | 1 | ||||
| Reduced | 2 | |||||
| Normal | 3 | |||||
| Increased | 4 | |||||
| Extreme muscle rigidity | 5 | |||||
| Calmness | Calm, quite breathing (no crying) | 1 | ||||
| Slightly anxious, easily distracted by touch or voice (sobbing) | 2 | |||||
| Anxious, difficult to distract (moaning) | 3 | |||||
| Very anxious, impossible to distract (crying) | 4 | |||||
| Panicky (screaming) | 5 | |||||
| Physical movement | No movement | 1 | ||||
| Occasional slight movements | 2 | |||||
| Frequent slight movements | 3 | |||||
| Vigorous movements of the extremities | 4 | |||||
| Vigorous movements, including head and torso | 5 | |||||
| Facial tension | Facial muscles totally relaxed (smile) | 1 | ||||
| No facial muscle tension evident (serious) | 2 | |||||
| Tension evident in some facial muscles (frown) | 3 | |||||
| Tension evident throughout facial muscles (clenched teeth) | 4 | |||||
| Facial muscles contorted and grimacing | 5 | |||||
| Respiratory rate (bpm) | Age\Points | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| < 1 year | < 30 | 30-40 | 41-50 | 51-60 | > 60 | |
| 1-5 years | < 25 | 25-35 | 36-50 | 51-60 | > 60 | |
| 5-12 years | < 20 | 20-25 | 25-35 | 36-50 | > 50 | |
| >12 years | < 15 | 15-20 | 21-35 | 36-50 | > 50 | |
| Heart rate (bpm) | Age\Points | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| < 1 year | < 110 | 110-160 | 161-180 | 181-200 | > 200 | |
| 1-5 years | < 95 | 95-140 | 141-160 | 161-180 | > 180 | |
| 5-12 years | < 80 | 80-120 | 121-140 | 141-160 | > 160 | |
| > 12 years | < 60 | 60-100 | 101-120 | 121-140 | > 140 | |