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Department of Emergency Medicine

Office : Block 1 Level 2
Tel : 6321 4100
Fax : 6226 0294

Details of Services

The Department of Emergency Medicine operates the following:

  • Accident & Emergency Centre
    A 24-hour one-stop Accident & Emergency Centre 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.

  • 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
  • Drug and Poison Information Centre (DPIC) 
Staff MembersSub-Specialty
Head & Senior Consultant
A/Prof Lim Swee Han
MBBS, FRCS (Edin)(A&E), FAMS, Clinical Associate Professor
Emergency Pre-Hospital Care, Emergency Cardiac Care
Senior Consultant & Deputy Head
Dr. Leong Kwok Fai, Mark
MBBS, FRCS (Edin)(A&E), FAMS
Emergency Trauma Care, Disaster Medicine
Senior Consultant
Prof Venkataraman Anantharaman
MBBS, FRCP (Edin), FAMS, FRCSEd (A&E), Clinical Professor
Emergency Cardiac Care, Emergency Trauma Care, Disaster Medicine, Emergency Toxicoloy, Emergency Pre-Hospital Care, Airway Management
Dr. Fatimah Bte Abdul Lateef
MBBS, FRCS (Edin)(A&E), FAMS (Emerg Med)
Emergency Pre-Hospital Care, Emergency Cardiac Care, Emergency Cerebrovascular Care
Dr. R. Ponampalam
MBBS, FRCS (Edin)(A&E), FAMS
Emergency Toxicology
Dr. Evelyn Wong
MBBS, FRCS (Edin)(A&E), FAMS
Airway Management, Trauma, Pre-Hospital Care, Observational Medicine
Consultant
Dr. Charles Rabind
MBBS, FRCS (Edin)(A&E)
Emergency Cardiac Care, Observational Medicine
Dr. Ho Khoy Kheng
MBBS, FRCS (Edin)(A&E)
Observational Medicine, Airway Management
Dr. Ong Eng Hock, Marcus
MBBS, FRCS (Edin)(A&E)
Emergency Pre-Hospital Care, Emergency, Cardiac Care
Associate Consultant
Dr. Annitha Annathurai
MBBS, M Med (A&E), MRCS (A&E)
Advanced Specialty Training
Dr. Lee Mui Hua, Jean
MBBS, FRCS (Edin)(A&E), FAMS
Trauma
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)
Advanced Specialty Training
Registrar
Dr. Chao, Gary
MBBS, M.Med (A&E), MRCS (A&E)
Advanced Specialty Training
Dr. Lim, Eng Koon
MB ChB (Leic.)(UK), MRCSEd (A&E)
Advanced Specialty Training
Dr. Ng Yih Yng
MBBS, MRCS (A&E)
Advanced Specialty Training
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