🩺 Symptom Guide
Syncope
Assess urgently for cardiac syncope, arrhythmia, ACS, PE, aortic pathology, haemorrhage, seizure mimic, and shock.
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Red flags
- Abnormal ECG
- syncope during exertion
- syncope while supine
- heart failure history or signs
First actions / assessment
- ABCDE first
- determine whether this was true transient loss of consciousness with spontaneous recovery
- obtain witness history including posture, prodrome, pallor, sweating, jerking, duration, recovery, tongue bite, and incontinence
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- Full differential diagnosis list
- History, examination, and investigations
- Linked protocols and drug doses
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