lose consciousness

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The two carotid arteries carry 70% of the brain’s blood flow; block them, and a person can quickly lose consciousness.

From Salon • Jan. 14, 2026

A person can lose consciousness, have seizures, collapse, vomit, and fall into a coma.

From Slate • Aug. 17, 2025

"I didn't lose consciousness, but this numbness came over me and I just waited for it to stop."

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2025

Both offer a critique of bedside manner; patients that, seemingly fine, suddenly lose consciousness; red herrings, dead ends and wrong trees to bark up.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2025

Nanuq was tranqed, and he was going to lose consciousness before the helicopter could land and the DNR officers could fish him out of the lake.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz