For the patients who take the medications prescribed by the doctors, it may not make any difference but when physicians see the patients in the emergency department across the world, or in the doctor offices it is utmost important that the correct medicines be known to the physician who is going to take some actions […]
People who work in the emergency department know the Value of pre-hospital Care. In fact the best outcome in trauma victims is when they receive timely and appropriate pre-hospital care. Unfortunately Pakistan does not have a good and established pre-hospital Care System. I would like to share the story of a newly married young female […]
Another winter is upon us. We look towards this weather with hope to have more indoor fun and avoid getting sick. Weather change is at time that seems to bring a lot of sickness and people have all sorts of health related problems. Today we will discuss the issue of winter and how to avoid […]
While travelling inside Pakistan, this question used to be on my mind that what if we have medical emergency how are we going to get help. Although majority of bigger towns and cities have hospitals but where and with which capabilities. It may seen to be no significant issue unless you are in that situation […]
I am writing on Rabies yet again. This time I am sharing a new initiative that we have taken and it is worth mentioning. Rabies is such an important issue that it needs to be talked over and over again. Plenty of people like to do plenty of things to prevent rabies, still our efforts […]
We are going through the month of Fasting and due to the warm weather it is sometimes not easy to fast. From a religious standpoint, it is one of the great ways to cleanse ourselves of the worldly desires and ills, but at times we pause and think about the scientific or the physical aspects […]
Every day significant number of patients present to emergency department complaining about pain. Pain at times is a complain in itself and other times is part of another issue that needs to be identified. It is utmost important to address pain in patients as soon as possible. Improving or addressing patient pain complaints, dramatically improves the […]
With the elections renewed hopes are pinned to the old and ongoing problems that are shelved for a long time and never made it to top priorities of our government officials.Pre hospital care and its liaison with the emergency department is one of the issues that have never brought to lime light. We don’t see […]
As emergency physician we deal with time sensitive issues where a lot depends upon our skills to think and act in quick fashion. We develop same skills to act in a defined way so we are able to provide good quality care which is all encompassing and timely. We also are concerned regarding patient’s length […]
Life saving drugs are those medicines that are mostly utilized in emergency situations. These drugs are utilized in emergency rooms, intensive care units and operating rooms. These drugs are utilized in conditions where time is the essence and multiple systems of the body are not functioning properly. Heart rhythm may be disturbed or the blood […]
