RED FLAGS IN THE COLLAPSED PATIENT

HISTORY

• Loss of consciousness/Amnesia
• Chest pains/Dyspnoea/Palpitations
• Severe headache
• Vertigo/Ataxia/Incoordination
• Aura/Incontinence/Tongue biting (see Seizure)
• Chest pain/Dyspnoea/Haemoptysis
• Haematemesis/PR bleeding/Malaena
• Infection symptoms

EXAMINATION

• Fever
• Tachycardia
• Hypotension/Postural hypotension
• Decreased oxygen saturation
• Blood on PR exam
• Cardiac murmurs/Small pulse volume
• Focal neurological signs
• Cerebellar signs