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#Is there an obvious cause and/or is there a high risk for acute cardiac death?
#Is there an obvious cause and/or is there a high risk for acute cardiac death?


For T-LOC the most important diagnostic tool is the medical history. Start history taking with '''open questions'''. What happened? What did you feel? How did you do afterwards? The following elements must be addressed in any case ('''<span style="color:#ff0000>RED</span>''': risk of acute cardiac death, '''<span style="color:#008000>GREEN</span>''': first epileptic convulsion):
For T-LOC the most important diagnostic tool is the medical history. Start history taking with '''open questions'''. What happened? What did you feel? How did you do afterwards?  
 
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<span style="font-size:120%>The following elements must be addressed in any case ('''<span style="color:#ff0000>RED</span>''': risk of acute cardiac death, '''<span style="color:#008000>GREEN</span>''': first epileptic convulsion):</span>


====Circumstances prior to T-LOC====
====Circumstances prior to T-LOC====