The training program in Emergency Medicine is quite new in Pakistan. College of Physician and Surgeon (CPSP) recognized Emergency Medicine as a field in 2010. Since then although progress has been slow but it is in right direction. Two programs started training and it was difficult to move forward initially, with plenty of disappointments and setbacks were dealt with by […]
Abdus Salam Khan, MD FACP – October, 2018 The medical field improve through the research work of plenty of people. They work hard in making their work known to the other physicians and so they are the reason for the medical field to progress. Their work creates the basis for the guidelines and improvement of […]
Abdus Salam Khan, MD FACP – September, 2018 Since the change in power has taken place in Pakistan, every concerned citizen has hope that a change in government will bring more possibilities for the improvement. We as the torchbearers of emergency care in Pakistan also are hopeful for the change. We feel that improving emergency […]
Abdus Salam Khan, MD FACPAugust, 2018 When patients present to the emergency department, they put their trust in the hands of the treating physicians and expect better care delivery and eventually outcome of the treatment. Ethically physicians are expected to do no harm and go good to the patients. The emergency department care delivery is […]
Abdus Salam Khan, MD FACP – June, 2018 Emergency departments across the world provide care to vast spectrum of diseases and conditions. The teamwork required to provide the care needs to be safe care delivery especially to the most sick. As the pace of activity in the emergency department is quite high and too many […]
Abdus Salam Khan, MD FACPMay, 2018 Doctors working in emergency department across the world see patients with drug overdose or poisonings and at times feel inadequate in properly managing those patients. They sort out books or call colleagues to get a hint of what could be the safe way of managing these patients. Where can […]
Abdus Salam Khan, MD FACP – April, 2018 Pakistan has turned another corner in its journey of Emergency Medicine. Our collective efforts to bring Emergency Medicine to forefront got a boost with creation of society to represent the Emergency Medicine in Pakistan. When we talk about the efforts done in the field of Emergency Medicine, […]
Abdus Salam Khan, MD FACP – September, 2017 With great effort and continuous struggle, Pakistan is fortunate to have developed a small team of Emergency Physicians well geared towards improving emergency care in Pakistan. The efforts that started more then two decades ago are slowly bearing fruit. The background work was done through public awareness, […]
Abdus Salam Khan, MD FACP – August, 2017 While providing care for our patients as doctors, nurses, staff and technicians what is the expectations of our patients. Although everyone expects the problem that they are facing should go away but in real sense the problem sometimes does not hurt as much as our attitude hurt […]
Abdus Salam Khan, MD FACP – July, 2017 Emergency department is a place can be chaotic and is prone to potential errors. This is due to high risk situations addressed in shorts span of time. Sometimes difficult situation arise due to crowding of patients and other times delay in decision-making due to factors not in […]
