"There are 43 percent of deaths in children aged 1-4, 52 percent of deaths in children aged 5-14, 76 percent of deaths in children aged 15-24 and the biggest reason of sudden deaths among youngsters are mostly injuries. Males are more likely to sustain injuries than females, with a fatal injury rate 2.5 times higher."
This was stated by Prof Syeed Minhas, Consultant Orthopedics, Jinnah Postgraduate Mediccal Center (JPMC), while addressing to the 2nd Annual Symposium on "Emergency Medicine: An Emerging Specialty in Pakistan" hosted by Dr Ziauddin Hospital and Ziauddin University.
"We have received large number of long scarf related injuries in female pillion riders in Karachi Pakistan. 46% of road traffic deaths are cyclist's motorcyclists and pedestrians, where as 48 % are car occupants", he said.
Speaking at the conference as a chief guest, Dr Asim Hussain said that "Emergency Medicine (EM) is an escalating medical specialty that is rapidly developing worldwide. Focused on the recognition, steadiness and treatment of life and limb-threatening conditions, EM is established as a fully "advanced" specialty in only a handful of nations, with quite a few countries still in the mid stages of development, including Pakistan (which has developed at an purposefully quick pace) and has accomplished many of the landmarks of EM development in just over nearly a period of 10 years."
"Every one in five of us is suffering with stroke. CT scan is the only test which can diagnose it. Blood test can never diagnose stroke," highlighted by Prof Nadir Ali Syed, Consultant Neurologist, South city Hospital, on the topic of new trends in management of stroke/ TIA in emergency medicine setup.
"We receive number of stroke patients on daily basis. Diagnosing stroke is very easy even a nurse can diagnose stroke within a minute only if she is well trained. We need to provide proper trainings to our emergency physicians to save lives. This is our duty, and yours is to bring stroke patients to hospitals on time because your time is your action and our time is our reaction we give therapies to our patients because of which 32 out of 100 patients do better. We have skills. We can save people from permanent disabilities if they come on time," Prof Nadir Ali added.
Dr Ali Raza, Assistant Professor Medicine & Diabetologist, Ziauddin University while talking about his field of expertise stated: "Diabetes and Ketoacidosis is life threatening disease. Insulin is the prime issue. 25 percent of patients miss their dose even after knowing that how dangerous disease it is, 13 percent of diabetic patients get wrong prescription because of unskilled and untrained fake doctors. Initial 5 hours of diabetic patients are very important. They should be given 8 liters of water in early 5 hours. Keep giving potassium keep giving fluids to the patients these two are very helpful to fight the disease."