Winter related Emergencies.


Wajeeha Ali Khan, Saad Jawaid and Abdus Salam Khan.   Each year in winter, numerous families across Pakistan deal with the loss of loved ones due to circumstances that are normally preventable. These winters associated preventable conditions include:   Carbon dioxide poisoning  Carbon monoxide poisoning  Gas cylinder explosion  Burns Although these conditions can occur at […]

Help Emergency Department Help you in the best way.


Abdus Salam Kha, MD FACP The emergency department acts as the last refuge for all the patients all over the world. This gives it the unique position to see all ages and to deal with all acute illnesses. These illnesses, range from minor headache of insignificant variety to life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias. People who serve those […]

An introduction to the infectious diseases in ED.


The emergency department is by its nature a place where we see all kind of patients coming in to get treated, when sick. The infections and its consequences to the human body are of the common occurring in the emergency department and the emergency physician has to act quick and think methodically to deal with […]

Why small towns hold the key to big healthcare improvement. 


A healthcare Emergency Medicine consultant perspective.  Abdus Salam Khan, MD FACP   Nov 2019 We had the chance to visit Kalam, a tourist destination in northern Pakistan which had the busiest season in the summer of 2019.  It was a joint collaboration of Pakistan Society of Emergency Medicine, Shifa international hospitals and SDG 3. It was […]

Improving Emergency care is combined responsibility.


Abdus Salam Khan, MD FACP  Oct 2019 Coming out of the leadership summit in Emergency Medicine, we worked collectively to develop a roadmap for all of us to come to one page and improve the care and make it safe for the patients. Emergency Physicians from all over the world with Pakistani background and the […]

Emergency Medicine: A solution for the Healthcare puzzle in Pakistan


Abdus Salam Khan, MD FACP September 2019 It is said that if you are not the part of the solution, then you must be part of the problem. It does hold true for the emergency care in Pakistan. Our fragmented system of health care has always been seen as broken and needed to be fixed. […]