Patient Assessment · SELF-PACED COURSE
Falls & Syncope Assessment
- EMT
- AEMT
- Paramedic
Evaluate collapse and falls for medical causes and hidden injury.

60 minutesMinimum study time
20 lessons6 modules · Self-paced
12 monthsOf course access
Learning recordAfter required completion
COURSE OVERVIEW
Learning That Fits Your Schedule
Work through the lessons, required activities and knowledge checks. Your saved place lets you return between sessions. Complete the final assessment and evaluation to receive a learning completion record.
Online coursework does not replace supervised hands-on competency. Follow your scope of practice, local protocols and medical direction.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
What You’ll Learn
- Distinguish reported falls, syncope and presyncope and reconstruct an attributed event timeline without unsupported certainty.
- Recognize immediate threats and concerning cardiac or associated symptoms that change assessment and escalation.
- Interpret environmental, reflex, postural, metabolic, neurological, exposure and medication clues without premature closure or unsafe testing.
- Integrate hidden-injury assessment, protected movement, serial findings, informed disposition processes and a timed handoff.
- Develop and audit written evolving-case plans while preserving uncertainty and the boundaries of practical, professional and CE approval.
YOUR LEARNING PATH
Inside the Course
01Event Definitions and Before-During-After History
02Immediate Threats and High-Risk Associated Findings
03Environmental, Postural, Metabolic and Medication Contributors
04Hidden Injury, Floor Time and Protected Movement
05Reassessment, Disposition Discussion and Continuity
06Progressive Collapse Cases and Integrated Review
CE approval & acceptance
This course currently awards 0 approved CE hours. Check acceptance details.
Course material is being revised. Clinical review is not yet complete.
