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    Emergency Medicine Overview

    SGH's Department of Emergency Medicine team of clinicians, registered nurses, and other specially trained staff are available around-the-clock to treat anyone seeking emergency medical care. Each year SGH Department of Emergency Medicine sees more than 135,000 patients in the emergency care setting.

    A 24-hour one-stop Emergency Department for emergencies including resuscitations, critical emergencies and ambulant minor emergencies. Resuscitation and critical emergencies, which include acute coronary artery disease, pneumonia, acute abdomen, bronchial asthma, strokes, toxic ingestions and major trauma of all varieties, are managed in a six-bedded critical care area.

    The department also manages all types of ear, nose & throat, eye, dental and orthopaedic emergencies and also a variety of minor emergencies. In addition, the department manages a 24-bedded Emergency Observation Ward which includes a seven-bedded Emergency Cardiac Care Unit (ECCU). Emergency observation protocols have been developed for a variety of common emergencies that benefit from observation care. The department has the only semi-automatic decontamination centre in Singapore.

    The Department of Emergency Medicine operates the following:

    • Accident & Emergency Centre
    • Eight Professional Care Branches to oversee development of professional doctrines, guidelines and relevant research projects, viz:
      • Emergency Cardiac Care Branch
      • Emergency Trauma Branch
      • Emergency Pre-hospital Care Branch
      • Emergency Toxicology Branch
      • Disaster Medicine Branch
      • Airway Management Branch
      • Emergency Observation Branch
      • General Emergency Medicine Branch
    • Five Training Sections to carry out the design, conduct and validation of training in the following, all under the co-ordination of the department's Training Directorate:-
      • Undergraduate
      • Basic Postgraduate
      • Medical Officers
      • Advanced Postgraduate
      • Nurse & Paramedical
    • Training Programmes in the following areas:
      • Emergency Medicine
      • Basic Trauma Life Support
      • Cardiac Resuscitation
      • Emergency Triage
      • Medical and Trauma Resuscitation
      • ECG
      • Ascultation
      • Hazardous Material Life Support
      • Decontamination
    • Advisory Services as follows:
      • Maritime Radiomedical Services
      • Toxicological Advisory Service
      • Cardiac Life Support, Defibrillation and First-aid Training
      • Emergency Preparedness
    Staff MembersSub-Specialty
    Head & Senior Consultant
    Assoc. Prof. Leong Kwok Fai, Mark MBBS, FRCS (Edin)(A&E), FAMSEmergency Trauma Care, Disaster Medicine
    Senior Consultant
    Prof. Venkataraman Anantharaman MBBS, FRCP (Edin), FAMS, FRCSEd (A&E), Clinical ProfessorEmergency Cardiac Care, Emergency Trauma Care, Disaster Medicine, Emergency Toxicoloy, Emergency Pre-Hospital Care, Airway Management
    Assoc. Prof. Fatimah Bte Abdul Lateef MBBS, FRCS (Edin)(A&E), FAMS (Emerg Med)Emergency Pre-Hospital Care, Emergency Cardiac Care, Emergency Cerebrovascular Care
    Assoc. Prof. Lim Swee Han MBBS, FRCS (Edin)(A&E), FAMS, Clinical Associate ProfessorEmergency Pre-Hospital Care, Emergency Cardiac Care
    Assoc. Prof. Ong Eng Hock, Marcus MBBS, FRCS (Edin)(A&E), FAMS, MPHEmergency Pre-Hospital Care, Emergency, Cardiac Care
    Dr. R. Ponampalam MBBS, FRCS (Edin)(A&E), FAMS, Graduate Diploma in Occupational Medicine (GDOM), NUSEmergency Toxicology
    Dr. Evelyn Wong MBBS, FRCS (Edin)(A&E), FAMS, FCEMAirway Management, Trauma, Pre-Hospital Care, Observational Medicine
    Consultant
    Dr. Annitha Annathurai MBBS, M Med (A&E), MRCS (A&E)Observation Medicine
    Dr. Ho Khoy Kheng MBBS, FRCS (Edin)(A&E)Observational Medicine, Airway Management
    Dr. Lee Mui Hua, Jean MBBS, FRCS (Edin)(A&E), FAMSTrauma
    Dr. Ngo Su-yin, Adeline MBBS, FRCS (Edin)(A&E), M Med (A&E)Emergency Toxicology
    Dr. Oh Jen Jen MBBS, M Med (A&E), MRCS (A&E)Emergency Imaging
    Dr. Puneet Seth MBBS (India), MRCS (Surg) (Ed), MRCS (A&E) (Ed), M MED (Emergency Med)Disaster Medicine and Critical
    Associate Consultant
    Dr. Chan Kim Poh Emergency Imaging, Trauma
    Dr. Cheah Si Oon MBBS, MRCS (A&E) (Ed)Emergency Pre-Hospital Care
    Dr. Lim Eng Koon MB ChB (Leic.)(UK), MRCS (Ed) (A&E)Sport Medicine and Injury
    Dr. Nausheen Edwin M Med, MRCSEd, MBBSEMS
    Dr. Ng Yih Yng MBBS, MRCS (Ed), FAMS, MPH/MBA (JHU)EMS, Disaster Medicine
    Dr. Juliana Poh MBBS, MRCS (A&E) (Ed)Disaster Medicine
    Dr Wee Choon Peng, Jeremy MBBS, MRCS (A&E) (Ed)Emergency Medicine
    Registrar
    Dr Pothiawala Sohil Equbal MBBS, MRCS (A&E) (Ed), M Med (Emergency Med)Advanced Specialty Training
    Dr. Fua Tzay-Ping MBBS, MRCS (A&E) (Ed)Advanced Specialty Training
    Dr. Gan Han Nee Advanced Specialty Training
    Dr Lim Chin Siah MBBS, MCEMAdvanced Specialty Training
    Dr Tan Boon Kiat, Kenneth MBBS, MCEMAdvanced Specialty Training

    Last Modified Date :18 Oct 2011