ABSTRACT

For each of the following scenarios, select the most likely cause of collapse. Each option may be used once, more than once or not at all.

1. A 34-year-old woman faints during her daughter’s school play. Her husband says that she turned slightly pale and slumped over while still seated. She did not jerk or lose urinary continence. She denies chest pain, shortness of breath or palpitations. She recovered spontaneously after 30 seconds and now feels back to her usual self.