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Emergency Department Syncope Workup: After H and P, ECG is the Only Test Required for Every Patient.

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Look for Vascular Etiology -- think of these while doing H and P: --Bleeding: ruptured AAA, GI bleed, ruptured ectopic pregnancy, other spontaneous bleed such as mesenteric aneurysms. J Am Coll Cardiol, 2010; 55:713-721, doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2009.09.049 The ROSE (Risk Stratification of syncope in the emergency department) Study.