Emergencies demand quick thinking and structured action—and that begins with mastering the fundamentals. In this first session of the Basic Emergency Training Module, Dr. Ashima Sharma introduces the ABCDE and SAMPLE history approaches—two cornerstone methods that guide clinicians in rapid patient assessment and prioritization.

Through practical insights and real-world scenarios, this session will help doctors and healthcare professionals strengthen their foundational emergency response skills. Stay tuned for more sessions in this series, as we continue building comprehensive competency in emergency medicine throughout the year.

EM Chit Chats: Basic Emergency Training Module - 1 (ABCDE and SAMPLE history approach)

Airway management is the cornerstone of emergency and critical care - often making the difference between life and death in high-pressure scenarios. In this edition of EM ChitChats, Dr. Ashima Sharma brings her expertise to the forefront, breaking down the principles, challenges, and latest approaches to securing and maintaining the airway in emergency patients. Practical, case-based, and highly relevant for frontline clinicians, this session is designed to enhance preparedness and confidence when every second counts.

EM ChitChats: Airway Management for Emergency Care Patients

Join us for EM Chit-Chat! Dive into the world of common medical emergencies, exploring real-life cases and the latest evidence from PubMed. Led by Dr. Ashima Sharma, a respected expert in Emergency Medicine, this session promises to be engaging, informative, and practical. Enhance your emergency care skills and stay updated!

EM chitchats - Evidence from the Pubmed on our Common Emergencies

In this critical session, our expert Dr. Ashima Sharma will delve into the complexities of managing toxicological emergencies, with a focus on paraquat poisoning. Learn how to rapidly assess and treat patients exposed to this highly toxic substance, and develop effective strategies for mitigating its devastating effects. This session is a must-attend for healthcare professionals seeking to enhance their skills in managing toxicological emergencies.

Strategies for Managing Toxicological Emergencies:  Paraquat Poisoning 

Are you ready to master the crucial aspects of pediatric and obstetric emergencies? Join us for an engaging EM Chit-Chat with Dr. Ashima Sharma! This power-packed session offers practical insights and evidence-based approaches to handling critical situations in the emergency department. Dr. Ashima Sharma, a distinguished Emergency Medicine specialist and beloved Medflix educator, brings her wealth of experience to guide you through challenging case scenarios. From neonatal emergencies to maternal crises, this interactive session will equip you with confident decision-making skills for high-stakes situations.

EM Chit Chat with Dr. Ashima Sharma: Navigating Obstetric and Pediatric Emergencies

Are you enthusiastic about Emergency Medicine and eager to learn more? Join us for EM Chit-Chat with Dr. Ashima Sharma! This dynamic episode provides interactive, case-based discussions on common surgical emergencies. Dr. Ashima Sharma, a respected figure in the field of Emergency Medicine and a cherished Medflix personality, will lead the way.

EM Chit Chat with Dr. Ashima Sharma: Navigating Surgical Emergencies

Are you enthusiastic about Emergency Medicine and eager to learn more? Join us for EM Chit-Chat with Dr. Ashima Sharma! This dynamic episode provides interactive, case-based discussions on common medical emergencies. Dr. Ashima Sharma, a respected figure in the field of Emergency Medicine and a cherished Medflix personality, will lead the way.

EM Chit Chat with Dr. Ashima Sharma: Navigating Medical Emergencies

Approximately 30% of poison exposures reported to centers each year are either referred to or initiated within a healthcare facility. Among these exposures, undifferentiated poisoned patients are among the most challenging cases faced in the emergency department. Airway, breathing, and circulation (ABCs) are central to the management of unknown poisoned patients. After initial stabilization, taking a systematic approach presented here may be beneficial to the clinician.

Approach to the Patient with an Unknown Poisoning

Are you passionate about Emergency Medicine and always craving more? No problem! Join us for EM Chit - Chat hosted by Dr. Ashima Sharma. This engaging show offers interactive case-based conversations, highlighting common medical emergencies. You can count on Dr. Ashima Sharma, a respected figure in Emergency Medicine and a beloved Medflix personality to be your guide.

EM Chit Chat with Dr. Ashima Sharma: Tackling Common Emergencies

Rat poisons' or rodenticides are chemical substances designed to eradicate small rodents. Common targets for their use include gophers, squirrels, and household rodents like rats and mice. It is essential to control rodents because they spread disease, contaminate crops and grains, and multiply quickly. However, rodenticides are one of the most toxic agents commonly found in households. Rat poison is toxic to humans and can cause internal bleeding, organ failure, paralysis, and coma. The symptoms associated with ingesting, touching, or inhaling it may not appear until hours or even days after exposure. Emergency treatment is needed, as contact with rat poison can be fatal. Medflix Superstar, Dr. Ashima Sharma will take us through the evaluation and management of various types of rodenticide poisoning.

How To Tackle Rodenticide Poisoning?

There are several reasons for headaches. Some can be brought on by stress and tense muscles, while others might be brought on by food, injuries, missed meals, or even lack of sleep. A person may occasionally get a headache that is both tension and migraine related. Women who have fluctuations in their estrogen levels may get migraine headaches. Our emergency specialist, Dr. Ashima Sharma, will examine these conditions, any changes in the frequency, duration, or intensity of headaches, and discuss about overuse of painkillers during this session.

How to respond to Headaches in Emergency Hours

Dr. Ashima Sharma, in continuation of the previous session, our expert will examine a variety of conditions in greater detail, including severe sepsis, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), septic shock, hypovolemic shock, renal tubular acidosis, diabetic ketoacidosis, acute respiratory failure, heart failure, cardiac arrest, asthma, and inborn metabolic errors. To do these fantastic tasks, please have a notepad and pen available.

Decoding ABGs: A Deeper Dive into Metabolic Causes

Arterial Blood Gas analysis is a frequently used diagnostic technique to assess the partial pressures of gas in blood and its acid-base composition. Healthcare professionals can interpret respiratory, circulatory, and metabolic disorders by using and understanding blood gas analysis. Although they may be required in other clinical settings, clinicians in emergency medicine, critical care, pulmonology, and anesthesiology frequently order arterial blood gases. An ABG is used to assess a wide range of conditions, such as severe sepsis, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), septic shock, hypovolemic shock, renal tubular acidosis, diabetic ketoacidosis, acute respiratory failure, heart failure, cardiac arrest, asthma, and inborn metabolic errors. Kindly keep a notepad and pen ready to solve amazing exercises.

Do you know your ABGs?

Alcohol poisoning death rates varied widely across states and ethnic/racial groups. Acute intoxication is not without risk itself and may mask other serious disorders such as intracranial hemorrhage, diabetes-related conditions, or cardiac events. In this session Dr. Ashima Sharma, Professor and HOD Emergency Medicine, will discuss on emergency protocols, prompt treatment procedures and complications in patients with alcohol intoxication.

Approach to alcohol intoxication in EMS

MCIs are diverse, unpredictable, and are rising in frequency. Proactive planning is not only attainable but essential. It can confront healthcare providers with abrupt patient surges or gradual events, some of which lead to a slow but continuous influx of patients. Join us for a session featuring Dr. Ashima Sharma, a distinguished expert in the medical field. She will expound on mass casualty preparedness as a complicated, iterative process that necessitates an integrated, multidisciplinary, and tiered strategy in this session.

Approach to Mass Casualty

Emergency physicians often encounter patients who have suffered burn injuries. Most are minor in nature but approximately 100,000 a year are true emergencies. Regardless of severity, the emergency physician and staff must possess the evaluative skills and knowledge of current treatment regimens to appropriately treat these patients. Burn injuries are classified according to extent of body surface involved and depth of skin injury. Dr. Ashima Sharma will help us to understand the important methods and Management approach for different burn injuries according to severity.

Emergency Management of Burns

The management of the obstetric trauma patient is both challenging and anxiety-inducing for many clinicians. The primary evaluation needs to assess and treat life-threatening injuries rapidly & a multidisciplinary approach is warranted to optimize outcomes for both the mother and her fetus. Trauma assessment and resuscitation priorities are the same as in the nonpregnant woman but modified to thereafter address changes that occur in the later stages of pregnancy. Learn the essentials of initial assessment in obstetric trauma LIVE with Dr. Ashima Sharma!

Primary Evaluation of Obstetric Trauma

The management of the pediatric or obstetric trauma patient is both challenging and anxiety-inducing for many clinicians. The primary evaluation needs to assess and treat life-threatening injuries rapidly. In the case of obstetric trauma, A multidisciplinary approach is warranted to optimize outcomes for both the mother and her fetus. Anatomical, physiological, and psychological differences between children and adults have important implications for the initial assessment and management of pediatric trauma victims. Learn the essentials of early trauma assessment in pediatrics & obstetric trauma LIVE with Dr. Ashima Sharma!

Primary Evaluation of Obstetric & Pediatric Trauma

The secondary survey is a rapid but thorough head to toe examination assessment to identify potential injuries. It should be performed after the primary survey and the initial stabilization is complete. The purpose of the secondary survey is to obtain relevant historical data about the patient and his or her injury, as well as to evaluate and treat all significant injuries not found during the primary survey by performing a systematic, complete examination. Join Prof. Dr. Ashima Sharma, an established ATLS instructor, for an in-depth guide on how to perform the secondary survey in trauma situations.

Trauma Secondary Survey : A Case-based Approach

The Primary Survey is designed to assess and treat life-threatening injuries rapidly. The leading causes of death in trauma patients are airway obstruction, respiratory failure, hemorrhagic shock, and brain injury. Therefore, these are the areas targeted by the primary survey. The common acronym for performing the primary trauma survey is ABCDE, each letter representing an area of focus. Prof. Dr. Ashima Sharma, Head of Emergency Medicine and an esteemed ATLS Instructor, joins us on Medflix to provide us with a comprehensive step-wise guide to initial trauma assessment & appropriate management.

Initial Trauma Assessment #2 – The Primary Survey

The initial assessment and management of the seriously injured trauma patient is both challenging and anxiety-inducing for many clinicians. It is an undertaking that requires a cool head, systematic approach, speed, and good clinical judgement. The Primary Survey is designed to assess and treat life-threatening injuries rapidly. The leading causes of death in trauma patients are airway obstruction, respiratory failure, hemorrhagic shock, and brain injury. Therefore, these are the areas targeted by the primary survey. The common acronym for performing the primary trauma survey is ABCDE, each letter representing an area of focus. Prof. Dr. Ashima Sharma, Head of Emergency Medicine and an esteemed ATLS Instructor, joins us on Medflix to provide us with a comprehensive step-wise guide to initial trauma assessment & appropriate management.

Initial Trauma Assessment #1 – The Primary Survey

In part 1 of Code Blue Essentials: Crash Cart Refresher, Prof. Dr. Ashima introduced the topic by outlining the optimum specifications for a crash cart, the ultimate lifesaving arsenal in any medical emergency.  We reviewed all the dos and don'ts and discussed important drugs like epinephrine, noradrenaline, and atropine. Part 2 of this discussion will focus on additional life-saving medications that should be in your crash cart in the event of a code, like mannitol, amiodarone, and isoprenaline. Don't miss this exhilarating refresher course – secure your spot now and ensure you're equipped to face any emergency with unwavering proficiency.

Code Blue Essentials: A Crash Cart Refresher #2

Join us live as we celebrate Medflix's two-year milestone with an incredible night filled with joy, laughter, exciting games, and amazing prizes for everyone! Don your party hats and join in on this wonderful celebration that is sure to be fun and festive.

Medflix Anniversary Special 

Dr Ashima Sharma, renowned emergency medicine specialist, invites you to join her captivating Medflix talk on Crash Cart Medications - the ultimate lifesaving arsenal in any medical emergency. Let us revise the pivotal crash cart drugs such as epinephrine, atropine, noradrenaline, amiodarone & mannitol which are the cornerstones of emergency treatment during a code. Don't miss this exhilarating refresher course – secure your spot now and ensure you're equipped to face any emergency with unwavering proficiency.

Code Blue Essentials: A Crash Cart Refresher

Are you equipped to handle toxicologic emergencies in the ER?   Join Dr Ashima Sharma on this comprehensive two part series on Managing Toxicological Emergencies for a in-depth understanding of the managemement techniques. Learn to overcome the commonly faced challenges in the process. Time is of the essence in these situations, tune in LIVE to gather expert insights!

Poisoned! Now What? Strategies for Managing Toxicological Emergencies [Part 2]

Are you equipped to handle toxicologic emergencies in the ER? Drug overdoses and adverse drug reactions remain significant issues worldwide, making it more critical than ever to stay up-to-date on the latest management strategies. As physicians, it's crucial to promptly identify and manage poisoning cases to prevent further harm and improve patient outcomes. This means ensuring no ongoing exposure to toxins, maintaining a patent airway, adequate breathing, and stable hemodynamics. It's also essential to identify the cause of poisoning, whether accidental or intentional, as this impacts the management approach. But the challenges don't end there join Dr Ashima Sharma on this insightful talk on managing toxicological emergencies ad learn to overcome these challenges!

Poisoned! Now What? Strategies for Managing Toxicological Emergencies [Part 1]

Mark your calendars for the much-anticipated Pfizer Wizards of Medicine: Emergency Medicine Edition - a first-of-its-kind online quiz for doctors across India! Get ready to put your medical knowledge to the test in an exhilarating event hosted by the charismatic Dr. Kamal Sharma. Dr. Ashima Sharma, Professor & Head of Emergency Medicine at NIMS brings in her unique insights & expertise to the episode. This exciting quiz is designed to be the perfect blend of challenge, excitement, and learning that you won't want to miss. And with the chance to win incredible prizes so, sharpen your skills, buckle up, and get ready to showcase your emergency medicine expertise. Trust us; you won't want to miss this thrilling event! Stay tuned only on Medflix..

Pfizer Wizards of Medicine: Emergency Medicine Edition

Previously in #part1 of 5 Most Commonly Encountered Medical Emergencies, Dr. Ashima Sharma meticulously covered the ER management of Chest pain and COPD exacerbation. In this part of the discussion, we shed light on the management of Heat stroke, Hypoglycemic episodes and seizures. Updated knowledge, communication and procedural skills, necessary equipment and medications and appropriate practice organization are vital to provide optimum care in the ER. Join us for #part2 of the discussion and refine your ER management skills with the Head of Emergency Medicine at NIMS. 

5 Most Commonly Encountered Medical Emergencies #2

Management of emergencies is an integral part of primary care. The early identification of a medical emergency and subsequent management will be helpful to prevent irreversible consequences. Acute attacks of asthma, electrolyte imbalances, chest pain, anaphylactic shock, hypoglycemic coma, heat stroke are some of the common emergencies encountered by GPs. Updated knowledge, communication and procedural skills, necessary equipment and medications and appropriate practice organization are vital to provide optimum care. Join LIVE to hear from the Head of Emergency Medicine at NIMS, Dr. Ashima Sharma, all about the most common medical emergencies and the appropriate approach to its management.

5 Most Commonly Encountered Medical Emergencies

The most recent COR and LOE definitions from the AHA are used in the 2020 CPR guidelines. A total of 491 specific recommendations are made for systems of care, resuscitation education science, adult, pediatric, and neonatal life support. A few physiologic fundamentals and CPR techniques have changed. Chest compression technique was the main CPR improvement. By changing the chest compression, the guidelines have improved high-quality CPR. Dr. Ashima Sharma covered a lot of fundamentals in Part 1 of her series on changing CPR guidelines, and now we're back with another #BlockBuster live in the series available only on Medflix!

Changing Guidelines for CPR : Part 2

The guidelines for Cardio-pulmonary Resuscitation are updated every five years. Recommendations for adult basic life support (BLS) from the 2020 Guidelines for CPR and ECC emphasizes on importance of early initiation of CPR, the addition of a sixth link - Recovery to the Chains of Survival for both Pediatric and Adults, care of the patient after the return of spontaneous circulation, formal assessment and support for their physical, cognitive, & psychosocial needs post-hospitalisation and focus on maternal resuscitation in the management of cardiac arrest in pregnancy. Let us hear in depth about all that is new in the guidelines from the expert and Head of Emergency Medicine at NIMS, Dr. Ashima Sharma.

Changing Guidelines for CPR 

Previously in part I of Emergency Care of Snakebite, we learnt all about the do's & don'ts in the First Aid Protocol. Dr. Ashima Sharma, expert and specialist in the field guided us on Viperid and Elapid bite recognition & their respective hematotoxic & neurotoxic symptoms. Triaging protocol & indications for use of ASV is a #must-know for all physicians. Join us LIVE for part II of this incredible discussion as we deep dive into the Emergency Management of Snake bite. Exclusively Certified by Association of Emergency Medicine Educators.

Emergency Care of Snakebite: Part II

Snakebite in India continues to be a matter of medical concern and India remains amongst the group of countries with the highest mortality. The clinical presentation of a snakebite victim varies with the age and size of the patient, the species of snake, the number and location of the bites, and the quantity and toxicity of the venom. Patients with signs of severe envenomation (coma, respiratory paralysis, hypotension, pulmonary edema, and history of syncope) might require immediate critical care. The aim of primary care of snakebites is to retard the systemic absorption of venom and prevent life-threatening complications. To guide us all on this matter and equip us with the necessary information on its management, Dr. Ashima Sharma, Head of the Department of Emergency Medicine, joins us on Medflix LIVE!

Emergency Care of Snakebite: Every Minute Counts!

The field of emergency medicine is a high-pressure, fast-paced and diverse specialty that requires a broad base of medical knowledge and a variety of well-honed clinical and technical skills. The landscape of emergency care includes timely access and acute care delivery to critically ill and injured patients. In order to provide effective care in the ER, all doctors must stay current with the many intriguing changes that have recently occurred in the practise of emergency medicine. To know all about these advances, we are joined by Dr. Ashima Sharma, Professor & Head of Department of Emergency Medicine at Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad. Certificate of attendance provided by Association of Emergency Medicine Educators(AEME)! REGISTER NOW!

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