A 75-year-old woman is brought to the emergency department by her daughter after falling in her kitchen yesterday. She had no loss of consciousness and no injury, but she reports feeling intermittently dizzy and tired for the past 2 weeks. History includes type 2 diabetes, hypertension and dyslipidemia, and her medications are metformin, metoprolol, ramipril, atorvastatin, acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) 81 mg daily and a vitamin D supplement. On examination she is alert with no focal neurological deficit and a regular slow pulse. Laboratory results: potassium 5.7 mmol/L (3.5-5.0), eGFR 29 mL/min/1.73 m2 (60 or higher), random glucose 6.2 mmol/L. An ECG and orthostatic blood pressure measurements have not yet been done.
| Heart rate | 40/min |
| Respiratory rate | 16/min |
| Temperature | 36.8 °C |
| O2 saturation | 97%, room air |
| Blood pressure | 110/70 mm Hg |
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Which of the following are the most appropriate steps in the initial evaluation of her fall?
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