Abdus Salam Khan, MD FACP – September, 2015 The basic task of emergency physicians and nurses is to prioritize people who come to emergency department for their level of illness and provide them with care they require. It includes providing them with basic and advanced life support. In the emergency department due to the availability […]
Pakistan like most other developing countries has the older ways of delivering healthcare to its people. It still relies on old ways of getting medical information and sometimes it is harder to get that in time. We as frontline doctors rely on textbooks if available to give us answers or rely on internet with far […]
We are halfway into the month of Ramadan, the month of fasting. People with ongoing medical conditions or the ones that usually don’t fast get a bit nervous to fast as they think it may cause their medical condition to get worse or it may make them sick. Looking at the experiences of people who […]
The summer months are upon us. The rain, the standing water and the breeds of mosquito. Same routine is going to follow. Like a clockwork. The malaria and possible dengue outbreak then cases of the hemorrhagic fever and then the flu. As emergency physician we see this never ending cycle and hope one day with […]
In my last blog I commented on plans to recruit emergency medicine trained residence for UK. I was trying to find a happy medium. A right balance to create a win, win situation for emergency medicine in Pakistan. It is utmost important to collectively think about emergency care in Pakistan and try our best to […]
Emergency Medicine is a very new phenomenon in Pakistan. Like every new specialty, it is going through the defining phase and it is, at times, amusing to come across people who are working in the Emergency Department and does not know its boundaries. The Emergency Medicine training is done at two centers in Pakistan. It […]
We live in the era where our patients have access to medical information and new developments in the medical field. Through newspapers, journals and the internet our patients get the new information much faster than we anticipate. This may be a good thing if we can guarantee that the source is authentic and related to […]
Last week our emergency medicine team was invited to spend a day at the PAEC hospital in Islamabad. We conducted a workshop as well as delivered a lecture in their CPC. It was a great opportunity to introduce Emergency Medicine to the faculty at the PAEC hospital. Our efforts at expanding the horizon of Emergency Medicine are going on […]
Pakistan has dealt with enormous number of catastrophes in its past both natural and unnatural. Loss of human life and property is ongoing since early 1980’s and it does not seem to end here. Our medical response to the catastrophes has been decimal and contributes to the mortality and morbidity associated with these events. Our […]
Each year I see young faces come and join the emergency department. It gives me a mixed feeling each time this happens. On one end I feel like loosing one more year of my productive life, and on the other aspect I feel energized and motivated to see more people that I can train and […]
