What parents should know about Febrile seizures | Dr. Abid SalahudDin | RMI | Paeds Department |

Febrile seizures are commonly known as fits that occur amongst children. Even though fits are distressing for parents, they are usually harmless.
Watch Dr. Abid Salahuddin advising parents how to take care of a child suffering from febrile seizure:
Visit your nearest Paediatrician if your child has a febrile seizure that lasts for more than 10 minutes.
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Dr. Abid Salahuddin did his graduation from Khyber Medical College in 1998. After completing his House Job in Hayatabad Medical Complex Hospital, he further consolidated his experience in Peshawar before moving abroad to United Kingdom. He went through different steps of training in Pediatrics while he completed his Royal College member ship exams. He was also selected for specialist training by Severn Deanery UK. In his 8 years of work in UK he gained wide based experience of working and training is various aspects of pediatrics i.e General Pediatrics, Community Pediatrics, Neonatal Intensive care and Pediatric Intensive care. His main interest has been Neonatal care and Pediatric emergencies.
Dr Abid Salahuddin joined RMI in 2013 as General Pediatrician.
At RMI other than looking after General Pediatric patients he has special interest in Neonatology.
He is also involved in supervision of Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care units.
He has keen interest in under graduate and post graduate teaching. He is currently focal person for Pediatrics at Rehman Medical College and is actively involved in designing and implementation of undergraduate curriculum.
In his 8 years of work in UK he gained wide based experience of working and training is various aspects of pediatrics i.e General Pediatrics, Community Pediatrics, Neonatal Intensive care and Pediatric Intensive care. His main interest has been Neonatal care and Pediatric emergencies. For the same he has gained valuable experience from institutes likes University College London Hospitals, Addenbrooke’s Hospital Cambridge and Kings College Hospital London.
He came back to Pakistan in 2010 where he joined Pak International Medical College as Assistant Professor. As head of department he helped establish pediatrics at the institute. He moved to Rehman Medical College and Institute in 2013, where other than doing General Pediatric clinics and overseeing inpatients his main areas of interest are NICU, PICU and esp ventilation in kids.
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EXPERTISE
NEONATAL CARE AND PEDIATRIC EMERGENCIES
NICU
PICU
ESP VENTILATION IN KIDS
PEDIATRIC OUTPATIENT
PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY CARE
PEDIATRIC INPATIENT UNIT
PEDIATRIC HIGH DEPENDENCY UNIT/ INTENSIVE CARE
NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE
PERINATAL AND TRANSITIONAL CARE OF NEWBORNS
VACCINATIONS
QUALIFICATION
MBBS
MRCPCH
FRCP
AWARDS/HONORS
Supervisor for Post Graduate Pediatric Training( CPSP, Pakistan)
Examiner Under graduate MBBS ( PMDC , Pakistan)
Examiner Post graduate ( CPSP, Pakistan)
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
Professional Membership
Royal College of Pediatrics and Child Health, United Kingdom
Royal College of Physician and Surgeons, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Paediatricsis a medical discipline focused on infants and children. Children need different care and medications compared to adults as many drugs are processed differently in these two groups. The process of growth and development is also different in paediatric patients than in adults. The role of a paediatrician is to provide general medical services to the infants and children.
The Paediatric Department at RMI provides comprehensive medical care and clinical services to childern. Being a tertiary center, it not only accepts walk-in-patients from its own Emergency and Out Patient Department but also gets direct referrals from other remote hospitals of the region as well. Neonatal Intensive Care services are available to new born babies with close follow up clinics.
Both Out and Inpatient facilities are available not only to look after minor and major medical illnesses of children, but facilities of growth and developmental monitoring, nutritional requirements, neonatal and pediatric surgeries are all provided under supervision of experienced senior faculty, under one roof. The Pediatric Department also provides specialized pediatric care to children admitted under other sub specialties in the hospital.
Our Services
- OPD Services
- Ward Care
- NICU Care
Incubator care
Ventilator care
CPAP/ BIPAP
Phototherapy
Exchange transfusion
- PICU/ HDU care
Pediatrics ventilation
CPAP/ BIPAP
Post operation critical care
- Vaccination
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