GEMC:Chief Complaints / Case-Based Slide sets

Chief Complaint: I Passed Out / Syncope

Book Chapters (May not be open access)

• Clinical Methods: The History, Physical, and Laboratory Examinations. 3rd edition. Chapter 12. Syncope by Wishwa Kapoor. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK224/pdf/ch12.pdf Accessed Aug 2013.

Policies & Guidelines

• American College of Emergency Physicians Clinical Policy: Critical Issues in the Evaluation and Management of Adult Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department with Syncope https://www.acep.org/Clinical---Practice-Management/Clinical-Policy--Critical-Issues-in-the-Evaluation-and-Management-of-Adult-Patients-Presenting-to-the-Emergency-Department-with-Syncope/

Podcasts

• Bart Besinger Deadly Drops - Syncope That Kills http://wp.me/pR3VZ-2rc
• Stuart Swadron Five Easy Misses in Syncope http://wp.me/pR3VZ-1pR
• Amal Mattu Syncope: A Common Sense Approach to a High Risk Problem http://wp.me/pR3VZ-13J

Chief Complaint: Back Pain

See Also

GEMC: Global Emergency Medicine Curriculum (Main)