Syncope Due to a Ruptured Ectopic Pregnancy.

ABSTRACT:

Audience

This simulation is intended for all levels of emergency medicine residents.

Introduction

Syncope and near-syncope are very common presenting complaints to the emergency department.1 There are several causes of syncope ranging from benign to life threatening. It is imperative that the emergency physician is able to evaluate and treat patients with undifferentiated syncope even with limited information. Approximately half of syncope cases can be differentiated by the presentation and clinical context.1 In addition to a thorough history, an electrocardiogram (ECG) should be obtained on all patients presenting with syncope or near-syncope since it is non-invasive and cost effective in assessing cardiac causes of syncope. In this particular simulation, the cause of synco

SUBMITTER: Hunt DJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10358872 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature