All tagged Near Syncope
In this lecture we go over the approach to a patient who presents with syncope. Dr. Grock reviews the three step approach to a patient presenting with syncope. Having this systematic approach will allow you to efficiently and safely evaluate patients presenting with syncope.
Getting called to a hypotensive patient can be terrifying. In this lecture we review the algorithm for the patient with undifferentiated hypotension. We go over the stepwise approach to these patients focused on what interventions you should consider.
So your patient said they were hypotensive but now their bp is fine. What are you supposed to do now? Do you just anchor on his or her bp meds as the cause of the hypotension? In this EMEd lecture we review a systematic approach for these patients. We develop a critical differential based on the causes of shock and then we walk through the work up and the conundrum of whether to admit or dispo these patients.
In this EM Ed lecture we discuss the approach to a patient with a chief complaint of dizziness. The first branch point is to determine whether the patient is having vertigo or light headedness. After that the appropriate work up can be initiated.