Abdus Salam Khan. March 20th 2020. Everyone is concerned about the implications of corona Virus. Information is coming from everywhere and it is changing frequently. It is making people very uncomfortable as authenticity of some of that news can not be ascertained. Different organizations put out the information as well as advisory and guidelines to […]
Abdus Salam Khan Feb 2020 The care of most sick and complex cases happen either in the emergency department or through the work of emergency department staff. The importance of good and standard clinical care is well understood by the world now and we all understand that this kind of urgency and complexity […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
Abdus Salam Khan, MD FACP, Aug 2019 We are witnessing the rise in the level of interest and understanding regarding the emergency medicine in Pakistan. What we started about seven years ago in getting a facelift. A blog was started in 2012 and is getting a new place here along with some of the resources […]
Abdus Salam Khan, MD FACPJuly, 2019 Global warming causes weather changes and one of the width is the heat waves. The resultant public exposure to this heat wave phenomenon can be very diverse dating. The experience of 2015 in Karachi tells us that we all need to be ready if something of that magnitude happens […]
