Dr. Mabel Vasnaik

Dr Mabel Vasnaik is a senior emergency medicine specialist in Bengaluru with 25 years of experience, currently serving as Chairperson, Consultant, and Head of Emergency Medicine at Manipal Hospital, Old Airport Road.

She specialises in emergency medicine, trauma care, critical care, and resuscitation, with academic credentials and advanced international certifications in trauma and life support training. Dr Vasnaik has held leadership and professorial roles across emergency medicine and anaesthesiology for over two decades.

She consults in English, Hindi, and Kannada.

Area of Expertise

Emergency Medicine and Trauma Care

Patients presenting with acute and life-threatening emergencies are assessed and managed by Dr Mabel Vasnaik with structured emergency protocols and multidisciplinary coordination:

• Acute emergency evaluation and stabilisation
• Trauma resuscitation and management
• Polytrauma and multi-system injury care
• Emergency airway management
• Critical emergency decision-making

Resuscitation and Advanced Life Support

Patients requiring cardiopulmonary resuscitation and advanced life support interventions are managed with internationally certified emergency protocols:

• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
• Basic Life Support (BLS)
• Paediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
• Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS)
• International Trauma Life Support (ITLS)

Critical Care and Intensive Management

Patients with critical illness requiring intensive monitoring and organ support are managed with structured critical care protocols:

• Critical care patient stabilisation
• Haemodynamic monitoring and management
• Ventilatory support coordination
• Sepsis and shock management
• Multi-organ dysfunction assessment

Paediatric Emergency Care

Children presenting with acute emergencies and life-threatening conditions are managed with age-appropriate emergency and resuscitation protocols:

• Paediatric emergency assessment
• Paediatric resuscitation
• PALS-based critical intervention
• Acute illness management in children
• Emergency airway management in paediatrics

Emergency Medicine Education and Training

Dr Vasnaik actively trains healthcare professionals in trauma and life support as a certified instructor across multiple internationally recognised programmes:

• ATLS instructor training
• ACLS instructor and provider
• ITLS provider and instructor
• BLS and PALS instruction
• Emergency medicine faculty and academic teaching

Professional Experience

Current Role

• Chairperson, Consultant and Head, Emergency Medicine, Manipal Hospital, Old Airport Road, Bengaluru (August 2013 to present)

Previous Roles

• Consultant and Head, Emergency Medicine, Manipal Hospitals, Bengaluru (April 2011 to July 2013)
• Professor of Emergency Medicine and Anaesthesiology, St John's Medical College Hospital, Bengaluru (2002 to March 2011)
• Head of Department of Emergency Medicine, St John's Medical College Hospital (July 1998 to July 2010)
• Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Anaesthesiology, St John's Medical College Hospital (1998 to 2002)
• Assistant Professor, Department of Anaesthesiology, St John's Medical College Hospital (1994 to 1998)

Credentials and Qualifications

• MBBS
• MD Anaesthesia, St John's Medical College Hospital, Bengaluru (1993)
• FACEE
• Postgraduate Diploma in Medical Law and Ethics (PGDMLE), National Law School of India University, Bengaluru
• ATLS Provider and Instructor, American College of Surgeons
• ITLS Provider and Instructor, ITLS Germany
• ACLS Provider and Instructor, American Heart Association
• BLS Provider and Instructor, American Heart Association
• PALS Provider and Instructor, American Heart Association

Professional Memberships

• Member, American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP)
• Member, Society for Emergency Medicine India (SEMI)
• Member, Indian Society of Anaesthesiology
• Member, Association for Prevention and Control of Rabies in India (APCRI)

Book an Appointment with Dr Mabel Vasnaik, Emergency Medicine Specialist in Bengaluru

To check consultation availability and book an appointment with Dr Mabel Vasnaik at Manipal Hospital, Old Airport Road, visit HexaHealth and confirm the next available slot.