Abdus Salam Khan, MD FACPPresident Pakistan Society of Emergency Medicine The COVID-19 pandemic has shown the vulnerability of our healthcare system. The emergency Department caters to all patients coming to be taken care of, and during this pandemic as the the whole hospital was scaling down its functions, yet the emergency department was relied upon […]
Abdus Salam Khan, May 2020. The whole world is facing a pandemic since start of the year. Starting from China, COVID-19 is now affecting the entire population of the world. So far it seems that Pakistan has not seen the worst that people saw in UK or New York, but it is far from reassuring […]
Abdus Salam Khan, April 2020. The pandemic is roaring all over the world yet seems calm in our country. People who have dealt with the brunt of it, have been burnt quite bad, and people who seem to have been spared so far, don’t know if they can start feeling safe. The journey that we […]
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 FACPMay, 2019 Although we usually think the treatment of any condition is the responsibility of the doctors, yet it is well understood that a well educated patient about his disease or condition has a better chance of dealing with situation in much better and calmer way. (1) In the spirit of being […]
