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Syncope is defined as a “loss of consciousness and postural tone caused by diminished cerebral blood flow” [1]. Also, by definition the condition must be self‐corrected as to cause a return to normal state of consciousness. Syncope is a common complaint in both the emergency department (ED) and in prehospital medicine and is the sixth leading cause of hospital admission in people over the age of 65 [2, 3]. Of course, estimates are limited by the accuracy of determining true syncope versus other transient causes of loss of consciousness. Transient loss of consciousness has a cumulative lifetime incidence of approximately 35% to 41%, with recurrent syncope occurring in 13.5% of patients [4, 5].