INDUSEM’s Professor Sahu Teaches at TOPCOM Malaysia

TOPCOM: The 2nd International Congress on Tabletop Exercise and Communication in Disaster Medicine was held from 1-6 August 2016 at Department of Emergency Medicine UITM Seylang Hospital, Kulalumpur, Malaysia.

The conference was organized by Datuk Prof Mohamed Alwi Bin Abdul Rahman, Head Department of Emergency Medicine, Seylang University Hospital, a tertiary teaching referral hospital in Seylang, Kaulalampur, Malaysia.

This fifth annual conference was joint venture organized by Ministry of Health and College of Emergency Physician, Malaysia.

The conference and workshop was inaugurated by YB Bato Seri Dr Hilmi B Haji Yahaya, Deputy Minister of Health, Ministry of Health, Malaysia and Datuk Dr. Noor Hishman B Abdullah, Director General of Health, Malaysia.

The following various agencies from all over Malaysia were invited as coordinators and subject matter experts are:

University Malaya Medical Centre
Malaysian Red Crescent Society
National Security Council of Malaysia (MKN)
Southeast Asia Regional Centre for Counter-terrorism (SEARCCT), Ministry of foreign affairs, Malaysia.
Emergency Consultants, Head of Departments, and Public Health
The Royal Malaysian Police
The Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department
Malaysian Arm Forces (MAFHQ)
The Malaysian Department of Chemistry
Atomic Energy Licensing Board, Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovations (MOSTI)
Slope Engineering Branch of the Malaysian Public Works Department (JKR)
Royal Army Engineers Regiment (RAJD)
Internal Security and Public Order Department, Selangor Police Contingent Headquarters
Malaysia Institute of Road Safety Research (MIROS)
Disease Control, Malaysian Ministry of Health
University Pertahanan National Malaysia
Forensic Department of Hospital Kuala Lumpur
Psychiatric Department of Hospital Selayang
Genting Security Bhd
Hospital Angkatan Tentera Tuanku Mizan

In his own words Professor Sahu wrote “I was invited as faculty to do a critical care workshop in above workshop. I spoke on: An Unstable patient and approach to a sepsis” and led a hands-on workshop on role of USG in Emergency Trauma and Disaster Medicine. I was also participated as Faculty in a Table top exercise on disaster medicine. Over all it was a life time experience to be part of this conference, sharing the knowledge and gaining experience from it. The interaction with eminent personalities in the field of Disaster, Emergency Medicine and Trauma care will help me for the further better patient care, teaching and training and research in this discipline.”

About Dr. SANDEEP SAHU, MD, PDCC, MNAMS, CCPPM, FICCM , FACEE

Dr. Sahu is the faculty at the Department of Anesthesiology & Emergency Medicine at Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rai-Bareilly Road, Lucknow-226014 (UP), India. He was recently awarded the ICMR International Fellowship at the RA Shock Trauma Center, University of Maryland, Baltimore, USA. He received the Dr. YG Bojraj Award for the Best Review Article written in the Indian Journal of Anesthesia.

About TOPCOM

Through his vision to achieve disaster preparedness, Datuk Dr Mohamed Alwi bin Abd Rahman, the Emergency and Trauma Head of Department, Hospital Selayang, initiated the Table Top Exercise and Communication in Disaster Medicine (TOPCOM) at national Level which was held both in 2013 and 2014 at UiTM Selayang. The 1st International TOPCOM in October 2015. Alongside the alarmingly increasing numbers of natural calamities and man-made disasters within the region, there has been a growing need for professional coordinated responses. Therefore, Datuk Dr. Mohamad Alwi envisioned the urgency for a closer collaboration not only between the Malaysian agencies but beyond – into the wider international community. For More Information: www.topcomdisasterconference.com

About INDUSEM

The INDUSEM mission is to envision and implement the future of Patient Care across the world. The partnership brings together Expert Educators, Inquisitive Innovators and Physicians supporting Safe Patient Care across India, United States and the World. INDUSEM is the Top International Partnership across the World and brings together Institutions, Individuals and Initiatives focused on improving patient care globally. Till date INDUSEM has reached over 50,000 Experts and its reach continues to grow daily. For more information, visit www.indusem.org

About SGPGI

Per Wikepedia “Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS) is a medical institute of India located in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. It was established in 1983 and is named after Sanjay Gandhi. The institute is on a 550 acres (2.2 km2) residential campus at Raebareli Road, 15 km from the main city. The institute offers its own degrees, which are recognised by the Medical Council of India. SGPGIMS delivers tertiary medical care, super-specialty teaching, training and research. It offers DM, MCh, MD, Ph.D., postdoctoral fellowships (PDF) and postdoctoral certificate courses (PDCC), and senior residency. The Institute has more than 190 faculty members in 29 academic departments. The academic departments are engaged in teaching, training, patient care and research”. For More Information: http://www.sgpgi.ac.in/