Sara Mostafa Saleh

As a Clinical Fellow in the Emergency Department at Salford Royal Hospital, I assess and manage a wide range of acute medical and surgical presentations under senior supervision. My role involves participating in resuscitations, performing critical procedures, and ensuring timely patient care in a high-pressure environment.

Key responsibilities include:

• Emergency & Trauma Management – Rapid assessment and stabilization of life-threatening conditions such as myocardial infarction, sepsis, poly-trauma, head injuries, and fractures, following ATLS protocols.
• Multidisciplinary Coordination – Collaborating with ICU, surgical, and specialty teams to optimize patient outcomes.
• Clinical Procedures – Performing vascular access, and other essential interventions.
• Medical Education & Quality Improvement – Actively participating in teaching sessions and departmental initiatives to enhance patient care and professional development.

Key Responsibilities & Skills:

National Bank Hospital – Level 1 Trauma Centre, Cairo, Egypt

As an Emergency Doctor at this high-volume trauma centre, I managed and stabilized a wide range of trauma cases, including isolated injuries, penetrating wounds, gunshot injuries, fractures, motor vehicle accidents, polytrauma, and mass casualties. I worked closely with surgical and critical care teams to ensure appropriate patient management, from resuscitation to definitive care, safe discharge, or referral.

• Trauma Leadership – Led the resuscitation of polytrauma and cardiac arrest cases, ensuring coordinated, high-quality care.
• Critical Procedures – Airway management, chest tube insertion, central and peripheral IV access, shock resuscitation, haemodynamic stabilization, haemorrhage control, massive transfusion protocols, fracture management, and pain control.
• Emergency & ICU Skills – ABG sampling, catheterization, extrication, defibrillation, bedside ultrasound, X-ray and CT interpretation.
• Medical Education – Involved in training junior residents through case discussions, procedural supervision, and weekly presentations.

ICU Rotation (6 Months)

Managed critically ill postoperative and emergency patients, focusing on stabilization, procedures, and monitoring under specialist supervision.

• Patient Assessment – Full clinical evaluation, vitals interpretation, fluid management, and ordering investigations (ECG, echocardiography).
• Procedures – Peripheral/central venous and arterial cannulation, ultrasound-guided CVC and Mahurkar insertion.
• Ventilation Management – Intubation, mechanical ventilation (Bennett, Maquet, Hamilton), and ventilator setting adjustments.
• Haemodynamic Monitoring – Cardiometry, pulse pressure variation, and echocardiography.
• Medication & Wound Care – Managed drug prescriptions, surgical wound and burn care.
• Discharge Planning – Post-ICU medication management and safe patient discharge.
• Education – Attended weekly ICU teaching sessions with practical workshops.

Anaesthesia Rotation (6 Months) – Adult & Paediatric

Gained expertise in general, spinal, epidural, and regional anaesthesia across various specialties, including gynaecology, orthopaedics, plastics, and emergency anaesthesia.

• Airway & Ventilation – Intubation, mechanical ventilation (Dagger, Medtronic, GE), and extubation.
• Anaesthesia Techniques – Spinal and nerve blocks for lower limb and abdominal surgeries.
• Fluid & Blood Management – Administered IV fluids and blood products.
• Postoperative Care – Managed pain, nausea, and anaesthesia-related complications.

Triaging & Resuscitation Rotation (6 Months)

Provided emergency assessment and critical care, ensuring timely and appropriate management alongside the emergency team.

• Patient Stabilization – Conducted triage, resuscitation, and urgent interventions under consultant supervision.
• Procedures – Performed ABG sampling, cannulation, and supervised intubation.
• Team Coordination – Fostered effective communication with colleagues, patients, and families.
• Patient Transfers – Managed safe transportation of critically ill patients between facilities.
• Disposition & Referral – Facilitated patient discharge, referrals, and provided necessary documentation and prescriptions.

• My job as a resident includes managing, stabilization trauma patients in a variety ranging from isolated trauma, cut wounds, gunshots, dislocations, fractures, multiple trauma patient, motor vehicle accidents and mass casualties.
• Working alongside different surgical & critical care specialties for further specialized management, follow-up and safe discharge, referral or disposition of our patients, under supervision of senior physicians.

• Nahya primary care unite is one of the largest unites in Giza that serve population of three villages, receiving around 350 patients daily
• My job was to deal with emergency cases and stabilize patients within the available resources and transfer patients to the major centres if needed
• Also to treat non-emergency cases and give the appropriate medical advices and health education accordingly

Worked in a busy endocrinology clinic handling thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal, pituitary disorders, and diabetes, with approximately 70 patients seen daily. The clinic provides diagnostic services, including blood tests, ultrasound, and fundus examination.

Responsibilities included:

• Patient Assessment – Taking medical history, vital signs, general examination, and entering data into the computerized system.
• Patient Education – Educating newly diagnosed diabetic patients on lifestyle modifications and follow-up care.
• Patient Support – Addressing patient inquiries and providing appropriate medical advice.

Cairo University Hospitals, one of the largest and most prestigious medical institutions in Africa and the Middle East, includes 36 departments, 44 specialized units, and 5,500 beds across 11 hospitals, serving over two million patients annually.

• As a House Officer, I participated in comprehensive training and learning, including case discussions, presentations, and patient management under supervision.
• My role involved clinical rounds with a 2-month rotation through various specialties, including Internal Medicine, General Surgery, Paediatric Medicine, Gynaecology & Obstetrics, Neurosurgery, Emergency Medicine, and Anaesthesiology.