The Bahrain Association of Emergency Medicine at Bahrain Medical Society organised a remote seminar during which they discussed ways to strengthen the new treatment steps that can be provided to infected people with coronavirus when they arrive at the hospital’s emergency, and how to deal with critical cases and help them breathe.

 

During the seminar, which lasted for about two hours, the latest medical developments in the field of tackling coronavirus were reviewed, especially in terms of emergency medicine, family medicine and general medicine.

 

The discussion, which saw the participation of nearly 50 doctors and interested persons from Bahrain and the region, also covered the steps that hospitals must take to strengthen preparedness for the Corona pandemic or any pandemic in general in the framework of "Disaster Medicine", and the treatment protocol issued by the National Committee responsible for tackling the virus in Bahrain.

 

Measures taken by China and WHO were also discussed in the seminar, especially the measures taken when the virus was first discovered, and the latest information related to vaccines and methods of examination and analysis. The seminar also examined the consequences of the Corona pandemic on individuals from a psychological and social point of view.

 

The seminar was also attended by the Chairman of Bahrain Medical Society and the Emergency Medicine Consultant Dr Ghada Al Qassim, and the President of the Bahrain Association of Emergency Medicine and the Emergency Medicine Consultant, Dr Salah Al-Ghanem, Many experts participated in the seminar,  such as the consultant of emergency medicine and the vice president of the Bahrain Association of Emergency Medicine, Dr Amjad Obaid, and the consultant infectious disease, Dr Tariq Al Musawi, who is also specialized in the field of Intensive Care Medicine, and Dr Khaled Al Salem, an emergency doctor from Saudi Arabia.

 

Dr Al Ghanem said that this seminar comes within the framework of the Society’s keenness to follow up the latest developments in the field of tackling the emerging coronavirus and to use the experts of doctors from different specialties to create an understanding of the best ways to provide health and medical care for infected people.

 

"Covid-19 is a new virus and this is the challenge that faces everyone, and there are no fixed scientific methods and theories in fighting it, so we tried to combine infectious diseases, intensive care medicine, and emergency medicine in this seminar, with the aim of exchanging views and experiences, and developing our knowledge and understanding of it, which contributes to strengthening the treatment services for patients, " Dr Al Ghanem said. - TradeArabia News Service