Seizures or Syncope? Check out this podcast on trying to differentiate seizure activity from syncope by Dr Heidi Barnes. Some key characteristics of both events can help improve confidence with what we are dealing with - and in the end, a video is worth a thousand words! See the video attached of a dog exhibiting multiple focal motor seizures with atonic collapse. Note the autonomic involvement manifested as salivation. https://www.cliniciansbrief.com/article/top-5-ways-differentiate-syncope-sei

That makes patients collapse… Patients with aortic stenosis can collapse without warning. The narrowed aortic valve forces the left ventricle to work harder, but even then, output is restricted. Less blood reaches the brain → syncope. Learn. Adapt. Respond. #AorticStenosis #ParamedicEducation #PrehospitalCare #ECG #Syncope | The Medical Lounge