On July 8th, an opening ceremony was held in the emergency ward of the Emergency and Critical Care Center of Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine affiliated to Capital Medical University. Liu Zhongxun, Party Secretary, Liu Qingquan, Deputy Party Secretary and Dean, Guo Wei, Vice President, and heads of medical department, nursing department, emergency department and critical care department attended the opening ceremony.
Liu Qingquan said that the establishment of emergency ward is an important measure to improve the hospital’s medical service capacity and level. The establishment of emergency ward will further optimize the diagnosis and treatment process of emergency and critical illness in the hospital, lay a good foundation for establishing a new model of emergency and critical illness treatment center, and play an important role in safeguarding people’s lives and health.
Liu Zhongxun said that under the new situation and new tasks, we have set up a new ward and a new team. Only by facing the new era and implementing the new mission can we live up to the requirements put forward by the party and the state. It is our primary task to work together to build disciplines, wards and teams well.
Subsequently, Guo Wei introduced the construction and future development plan of the emergency ward. The newly opened emergency ward is located on the second floor of infectious diseases department (fever clinic), equipped with advanced medical equipment and professional medical team, which can meet the treatment needs of various critical patients. At present, there are 4 beds, which can be expanded to 12 beds according to the needs of patients.
The emergency ward is equipped with advanced equipment such as ventilator, defibrillator and monitor to ensure that patients can get timely and professional treatment. The ward mainly treats all kinds of critical patients, including but not limited to cardiovascular emergency, respiratory emergency, digestive tract emergency and trauma emergency. By providing all-round and multi-level emergency medical services, we can win valuable treatment time for patients and improve the success rate of treatment. Over the years, our hospital has attached great importance to emergency and critical care, and constantly improved the emergency and critical care system. The opening of the emergency ward will further enhance the comprehensive treatment capacity of the hospital for critical diseases and strive to provide more convenient, efficient and high-quality medical services for patients in surrounding areas and even the whole city. With the joint efforts of all medical staff in the emergency and critical care center, the emergency ward will continue to grow and make greater contributions to promoting the development of emergency and critical care.
The emergency department of Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine affiliated to Capital Medical University was established in 1978, the emergency intensive care unit was established in 2001, and the infectious diseases department (fever clinic) was established in 2020. This year, three departments were integrated to form an emergency and critical care center. After more than 30 years of construction and development, our hospital has established a complete emergency service system, which has the ability of clinical emergency and critical care. It is the clinical base of TCM emergency in state administration of traditional chinese medicine, the national base of TCM disease prevention and control, the national TCM emergency medical rescue center and the state administration of traditional chinese medicine regional diagnosis and treatment center.
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