Sudden cardiac arrest especially outside hospitals is one of the few medical emergencies where survival is determined within minutes. The science of resuscitation is well established, and the principles of the Chain of Survival have been taught for decades. Yet, survival outcomes remain uneven—particularly in low- and middle-income countries like Pakistan. The reasons are multifactorial […]
The first cHALO conference organized by the collaborative efforts of (Pakistan Society of Emergency Medicine) PSEM, (Pakistan Society of Internal Medicine ) PSIM and (King Edward Medical University) KEMU on 1st and 2nd November 2024. Emergency Physicians from Pakistan as well as from far and away came and attended this conference as speakers and as […]
Artificial intelligence has already created the initial impact for the healthcare knowledge base and it seems like its use is going to get increasingly more enhanced. Whether it be research or the clinical care or even management decision making AI has a role that is increasingly been understood. Artificial intelligence helps in making sense of […]
The newsletter of PSEM is here. Jan 2024 issue of the PSEM newsletter can accessed through following link PSEM Newsletter Volume 02- Issue 04 Oct to Dec 2023
Keeping the tradition of guiding the EM community, our first EM newsletter is published. This is the efforts of plenty of people who took time and shared the articles through this newsletter. This will be a regular newsletter now which will be quarterly to begin with and then monthly Insha Allah. http://www.abdussalamkhan.work/psem-newsletter-volume-01-issue-01-oct-to-dec-2022-copy/
A recent article about the improvement in the competency of Emergency Department staff was published. You can access this content by following this link. https://www.internationalscholarsjournals.com/international-journal-medical-sociology-anthropology/inpress.html
Writer: Husnain Mazhar, MBBS. PG Emergency Medicine Research and clinical studies are the founding stones of evidence-based medicine. Each year, new data emerges and becomes part of medical literature. The Internet created a global ease of access, and in turn resulted in more opportunities for physicians to access, analyze, and publish their findings. Since 1990, […]
Dr. Abdus Salam Khan, started his medical career and education from Dow Medical College, Karachi. He them moved to New York and got the training in Internal Medicine before settling in Florida as Internist and Urgent Care specialist. In 2009, his family made a combined decision to relocate to Pakistan, and serve the country. There […]
Pakistan Society of Emergency Medicine is holding its election. Its a great moment for all of us. The struggle to establish EM in Pakistan will be strengthened due to this historic event. COVID has called down most of the activities yet it brought out and highlighted the role of Emergency Departments and trained doctors and […]
We all know about EBM or evidence based medicine. Past decade has seen a steady rise in the use of EBM when doctors make decision about patients. The EBM and through its use, the care provision is supposed to be more appropriate as well as research based and scientific. The three pillars of the EBM […]
