SYN
 COPE    2018 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of syncope
 TRANSIENT
 UNRESPONSIVE
 UNAWARE
 UNCONTROLLED
due to cerebral hypoperfusion
.1 definition 
.2 initial eval 
.3 tests 
.4 rx 

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Transient Loss of Consciousness (T-LOC)

Cardiac Arrest is not T-LOC.

not transient
not spontaneously recovered

Drunken or Alcohol
Intoxication is not T-LOC.

not transient
not totally unconscious

Cataplexy is not T-LOC.

unresposive and uncontrolled
but fully aware
Causes of T-LOC
Syncope
TLOC due to cerebral hypoperfusion
Epileptic Seizures
Psychogenic
psychogenic pseudosyncope or psychogenic non-epileptic seizures
Head Trauma
Pathophysiological Basis of Syncope
Cardiac Syncope Reflex Syncope Orthostatic Hypotension