Zaffer A. Qasim, MBBS, FRCEM, FRCPC(EM), EDIC

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Associate Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine
Associate Professor of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Health System
Department: Emergency Medicine

Contact information
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
Ground Floor Myrin Building
Department of Emergency Medicine
51 N 39th St
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-662-6698
Education:
MBBS (Medicine and Surgery)
Baqai Medical and Dental College (University of Karachi), 2001.
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Description of Clinical Expertise

Prehospital care, trauma resuscitation, airway management, shock management, cardiac arrest management, medical simulation

Selected Publications

Qasim Z: JC: The UK-REBOA trial. Has the balloon popped? St Emlyns blog: https://www.stemlynsblog.org/jc-the-uk-reboa-trial-has-the-balloon-popped-st-emlyns/ July 2023 Notes: St Emlyns blog: https://www.stemlynsblog.org/jc-the-uk-reboa-trial-has-the-balloon-popped-st-emlyns/

Christopher D Biedrzycki, MC, USAF, Harald P Bergmann, MC, DEU, Kyle N Remick, MC, USA (Ret.), Zaffer Qasim, MD, Jay B Baker, MC, USA: Brief Comparative Analysis of Trauma Care Specialties in Europe and the United States. Military Medicine May 2023.

Qasim Z: Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta: A Practical Review. Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America 41(1): 71-88, February 2023.

Qasim Z: What did we learn at the London Trauma Conference 2022? – Part Two. StEmlyn's blog December 2022 Notes: https://www.stemlynsblog.org/what-did-we-learn-at-the-london-trauma-conference-2022-part-two/

Qasim Z: What did we learn at the London Trauma Conference 2022? – Part One. St Emlyn's blog December 2022 Notes: https://www.stemlynsblog.org/what-did-we-learn-at-the-london-trauma-conference-2022-part-one/

Baez AA, Qasim Z, Wilcox S, Weir WB, Loeffler P, Golden BM, Schwartz D, Levy M.: Prehospital Mechanical Ventilation: An NAEMSP Position Statement and Resource Document Prehospital Emergency Care 26(Sup1): 88-95, January 2022.

Qasim Z, Graham C: Telemedicine Supervision of Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta (REBOA) Catheter Placement. Journal of Special Operations Medicine 22(1): 108-110, Spring 2022.

Murali S, Weingart S, Qasim Z: A RUSH to SALVATION? Practical and Tested Ultrasound-Guided Evaluations of Critically Ill Patients Already Exist Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia August 2021.

Zaffer Qasim: PAN-SCAN CT: NOT JUST FOR TRAUMA? Critical Care Now blog https://criticalcarenow.com/pan-scan-ct-not-just-for-trauma/ July 2021.

Zaffer Qasim: REVISITING IN-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST IN COVID PATIENTS – WORTH THE EFFORT OR LOST CAUSE? Critical Care Now blog https://criticalcarenow.com/revisiting-in-hospital-cardiac-arrest-in-covid-patients-worth-the-effort-or-lost-cause/ June 2021.

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Last updated: 07/24/2023
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