Venkatesh Thiruganasambandamoorthy, MBBS, CCFP-EM, MSc, emergency department physician at The Ottawa Hospital in Ontario, Canada. He is also a research scientist at Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, and assistant professor in the department of emergency medicine and the School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventive Medicine at the University of Ottawa.
Fainting can be a frightening experience—especially if you don’t know what’s caused it. In most cases, it’s something harmless. But…
