Medic Mindset Podcast: Thinking about Syncope
Austin Travis County Deputy Medical Director Jason Pickett identifies syncope differential and the applications for spinal motion restriction and point of care ultrasound
In this episode, our host, Ginger Locke, speaks with Dr. Jason Pickett, the deputy medical director at the Austin Travis County Office of the Medical Director. They hunkered down in a recording closet for an hour with one mission: data-mining Dr. Pickett’s brain for his thoughts on syncope.
They discuss:
- Seizure versus syncope differential
- Spinal motion restriction decision-making after ground level falls
- Vasovagal syncope
- The use of point-of-care ultrasound to guide the differential diagnosis in syncope