PEMH

• The largest hospital within the Pakistan Armed Forces, PEMH is ISO certified and situated in Rawalpindi.

• Hosts numerous medicine and allied specialties, including Pulmonology, Neurology, Cardiology, Nephrology, Endocrinology, Critical Care Medicine, Family Medicine, Radiology, Pathology, etc.

• The Emergency Department was founded in 2020 under the leadership of Brigadier Nadeem Ashraf, who is the founder and current Head of Department (HoD).

• Hosts 22 FCPS Emergency Medicine trainees, including civilian and military personnel.

• Encompasses diverse areas: Triage, Fast Track Unit (FTU), Minor Area, Minor OT, Major Area, and an attached 26-bed Acute Medical Unit (AMU).

• Equipped with state-of-the-art tools: Portable ultrasound, portable X-ray, video-assisted laryngoscope, advanced defibrillators, CT scan, MRI, and PET scan.

• Patients typically stay in the ER major area for around 3 hours before being transferred to a ward or the AMU.

• Provides 24/7 emergency care to both military and civilian patients.

• PEMH has established a collaboration with the KPK government's PGMI Peshawar through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU).

• Each January, the induction session selects 3 KPK trainees and 1 Kashmir trainee based on merit for FCPS emergency medicine training at PEMH, with these positions sponsored by PGMI Peshawar.

• In July, 4 additional military candidates are selected for the same training program.

Weekly educational sessions on Thursdays focus on various emergency medicine subjects.

• Brig Faheem-ur-rehman and Brig Nadeem Ashraf are both supervisors in emergency medicine.

Mandatory rotations encompass Emergency Medicine, Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery, ICU, Anesthesia, and Pediatrics.

Dr. Waseem Khan
greenbleed4@gmail.com, +923418909555
Resident, Emergency Medicine, Pak Emirates Military Hospital, Rawalpindi, Pakistan