syncope

Medical term Routine Blood Collections

Fainting: brief loss of consciousness when too little blood reaches the brain. If it starts during a draw, stop, remove the needle and keep the patient from falling.

Sources

• Fainting (Medical Encyclopedia; fact-checking only) · MedlinePlus, U.S. National Library of Medicine

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