Syncope and Falls Assessment Program

General Info
Locations

Patients with syncope and recurring falls often come to the Yale-New Haven Hospital emergency department and are admitted to the hospital. These admissions may not always be necessary, and these patients may be better evaluated in an ambulatory setting. For these reasons, the sections of cardiology and geriatrics announce the initiation of two evaluation centers to evaluate patients with syncope and falls.

Patients who have transient loss of consciousness, without a clear etiology, should be referred to the Syncope Evaluation Center. This center will be staffed by cardiology and will be held in the cardiology clinical space on the second floor of the Yale Physicians Building.

Patients who have recurring falls, but no loss of consciousness, should be referred to the Falls Evaluation Center in the Adler Geriatric Assessment Center.

Please send complete information on the problem to be addressed, and on the patient's underlying medical conditions, to the appropriate evaluation center.

Referral Form

Patient Name: _____________________________________________________

MRUN: ___________________________________________________________

Reason for Referral

( ) Transient loss of consciousness/syncope

( ) Recurring falls without loss of consciousness

Please fax full medical information to the appropriate evaluation center

Loss of Consciousness/Syncope Evaluation Center - fax to: 203-785-6506

Falls Evaluation Center in the Adler Geriatric Assessment Center - fax to: 203-688-9354

Appointments for the Syncope Evaluation Center can be made by calling cardiology at 203-785-4126 press #2.

Appointments for the Falls Evaluation Center can be made by calling the Adler Center at 203-688-6361.