Our hospital's Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine was established in 1991. Its professional scope encompasses two secondary disciplines: Critical Care Medicine and Emergency Medicine. Under the leadership of the hospital administration and through the concerted efforts of all departmental medical staff, after more than 20 years of arduous development, it now holds a leading position within Jilin Province in terms of medical scale, equipment level, staff-to-patient ratio, and the overall quality of the medical team. The department's "trinity" structural model—comprising Pre-hospital Emergency Care, In-hospital Emergency Department, and the Central ICU—aligns with the operational models of most Grade A Class 3 hospitals internationally and domestically.
In-hospital Emergency Department: The In-hospital Emergency Department is divided into the Emergency Resuscitation and Observation Zone and the Emergency Inpatient Ward, covering a total area of approximately 1,500 square meters.
The Emergency Resuscitation and Observation Zone is open 24/7 and features a multi-disciplinary joint consultation area. This includes Emergency Internal Medicine, General Emergency Surgery, Orthopedics, Neurosurgery, Ophthalmology, ENT, Gynecology and Obstetrics, Neurology, Dermatology, among others, plus a relatively independent pediatric emergency zone. Its rational layout allows for the immediate convening of doctors from relevant departments for multi-disciplinary consultations. The zone has green channels for rescuing critically ill patients, including those for cardiovascular emergencies, stroke, critically ill pregnant women, and severe trauma.
Physicians working in the Emergency Department are all certified practitioners who have completed standardized residency training and have over 3 years of experience working in specialized wards or the ICU. They are fully capable of independently diagnosing and managing common emergencies, as well as handling critical medical conditions including cardiopulmonary resuscitation, arrhythmias, shock, and respiratory failure. The medical staff hierarchy consists of Department Directors, Professors (Chief Physicians), Attending Physicians, and Resident Physicians, ensuring the quality and safety of medical care. This staffing and functional layout enable the treatment of the vast majority of emergency cases within the Emergency Department.
Emergency Resuscitation and Observation Zone Helpline: 0431-81136233
The Emergency Inpatient Ward was established in 2010 and contains 18 patient beds, including 5 EICU beds. It is equipped with 2 MAQUET-SERVO-i ventilators, 1 ZOLL M-Series defibrillator/pacer, 11 GE Dash ECG/BP monitors, 1 ECG machine, and 2 active airway humidification therapy devices. The ward admits nearly 2,000 inpatients annually on average. It not only effectively addresses the difficulty of hospitalization for emergency patients (with complex, challenging, multi-disciplinary conditions) and reduces pressure on specialized departments but also alleviates coordination and management pressures for outpatient administrative staff, thereby reducing and avoiding potential medical risks.
Central ICU: The Central ICU is a fully enclosed, 300,000-class laminar flow unit covering approximately 2,500 square meters, with 17 open beds. The department is equipped with a total of 10 blood purification machines (including Gambro PRISMA, FLEX, B. Braun Diapact, and Fresenius models), imported/domestic artificial liver systems, an Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) system, 2 US PB-840 ventilators, 7 German MAQUET-SERVO-s ventilators, 9 German Dräger Evita 4 ventilators, 8 German Dräger Evita 2dura ventilators (Note: Original text list seems inconsistent; translated based on common models listed), 1 German Dräger XL ventilator, 2 German Dräger Savina 300 ventilators, 4 German Dräger 500 ventilators (likely Savina or similar), 2 German Dräger 300 ventilators (likely Savina or similar), 1 German Dräger Oxylog 3000 transport ventilator, 1 HAMILTON-S1 ventilator, 1 HAMILTON-G5 ventilator, 1 HAMILTON-C2 ventilator, 1 HAMILTON-MR1 MRI-compatible transport ventilator, 27 sets of multi-parameter patient monitoring systems (GE solar 8000i, BL650, Mindray), 1 set of MRI-compatible monitor, and is equipped with a Premier 3000 blood gas analyzer, PiCCO (Pulse Indicator Continuous Cardiac Output) system, Bispectral Index (BIS) monitoring system, 5 sets of OLYMPUS fiberoptic bronchoscopes with 2 bronchoscope displays, 2 sets of video laryngoscopes, and a CASP-120 low-temperature plasma sterilization system, among other advanced equipment.
In its daily work, the Central ICU not only provides vital organ function support (respiratory, circulatory, renal, hepatic, coagulation) for critically ill patients within our hospital but also accepts patients with multiple organ dysfunction from other medical institutions across the province for comprehensive treatment.
The department's respiratory support technology for critically ill patients has consistently maintained a leading position within Jilin Province. Mechanical ventilation is not only a means of rescue and support for respiratory insufficiency but also one of the important effective treatments in the field of critical care medicine. During mechanical ventilation, we emphasize both lung-protective ventilation strategies and individualized treatment strategies. As the department is equipped with various types of ventilators featuring the most comprehensive functions available domestically and internationally, we are consistently able to master and apply the most advanced ventilation modes and treatment methods in the specialized field. The substantial accumulation of clinical experience over the years has laid a solid theoretical and practical foundation for rapid academic growth and peer exchange.
Due to outstanding achievements in these areas, during the outbreaks of respiratory infectious diseases in 2003 and 2009, the department participated in the treatment of critically ill respiratory patients as one of the first and leading units in the province, receiving recognition from the Jilin Provincial Government, Provincial Health Department, and provincial peers. In 2009, as the only ICU team from the province, we also participated in the treatment of severe hand, foot, and mouth disease patients in Henan Province, earning recognition and praise from the Ministry of Health and the Henan Provincial Health Department.
Since 2009, our department has annually organized a national continuing education program on respiratory support in critical illness.
Continuing Education Contact: 0431-81136962
Continuous Blood Purification (CBP)/Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT) is an emerging and rapidly developing technology for organ function support in critical illness. Our Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine pioneered the use of this technology in the critical care field within Jilin Province in 2007. Its clinical application has provided further treatment opportunities for moribund patients presenting with acute poisoning, sepsis, multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS), acute kidney injury (AKI), acute liver injury, acute respiratory failure, critically ill pregnant women, etc., thereby significantly improving the survival rate of critically ill patients. Rich clinical experience has been accumulated through applications in recent years. The theoretical and clinical application level of this technology has always been leading in the province. Core technical staff have been dispatched multiple times to provide training and guidance on blood purification technology in the ICUs of several Grade A Class 3 hospitals within Jilin Province, receiving enthusiastic responses.
Since 2012, the department has conducted continuing education programs on blood purification in critical illness. Simultaneously, in recent years, the department has developed artificial liver technology, providing effective support for the rescue and treatment of patients with liver failure. Furthermore, there have been new breakthroughs in extracorporeal circulation technology, representing the highest level of medical care in the region.
ECMO (Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation) is a technology that represents the level of critical care and emergency response of a hospital, even a region or a country. The implementation of this extracorporeal circulation is of epoch-making significance. It has not only enabled the rapid development of cardiac surgery but will also write a new chapter for emergency medicine. In cases of severe pneumonia, severe myocarditis, and cardiac/respiratory arrest, ECMO can temporarily completely replace heart and lung function, resulting in very high rescue success rates for various diseases severely threatening respiratory and circulatory function.
Continuing Education Contact: 0431-81136962
After more than 20 years of development, the Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine now has 5 Master's supervisors, 2 staff with doctoral degrees, and 18 with master's degrees. Among them, medical workers with intermediate and senior titles all possess 10-20 years of professional experience in critical care medicine. They not only undertake clinical medical work but are also responsible for teaching Emergency Medicine to students in various programs at Jilin University, including the 5-year Clinical Medicine program, 5-year Stomatology program, 7-year Clinical Medicine program, and 8-year Clinical Medicine program. They are also responsible for the full-English teaching of Critical Care Medicine for international clinical medicine students at the Norman Bethune Health Science Center of Jilin University and have enrolled 2 international Master's students. In the past 5 years, 6 doctors and over 20 master's students have graduated from our department.
In addition to routine hospital medical, teaching, and research work, the Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine actively participates in the emergency response to public health incidents such as infectious disease outbreaks, fires, earthquakes, and major traffic accidents, as well as providing medical support for important foreign affairs activities, receiving high recognition from government departments. In 2009, the department was designated by the Jilin Provincial Health Department as the first Jilin Provincial Critical Maternal Care Center, contributing significantly to reducing the maternal mortality rate in our province.
The Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine consistently adheres to the principle of "administrative management relying on regulations, professional management relying on standards." Based on the "Thirteen Core Systems," the department has established a series of internal management detailed rules, such as 34 ICU informed consent systems, ICU transfer and consultation systems, critical illness respiratory support protocols, critical illness blood purification protocols, critical illness analgesia and sedation protocols, and critical illness nutritional support protocols. This avoids the "short-board effect" caused by cognitive biases and ensures the continuity of patient treatment, fully embodying the "team effect." Furthermore, the combination of a highly efficient team with advanced technology (monitoring and treatment) enables titrated therapy for patients, providing objective basis and technical guarantee for the comprehensive treatment of critically ill patients.
The Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine is a medical team with young professionals as its backbone. We are idealistic,信念坚定 (firm in belief - could also be "dedicated"), vibrant, and motivated. We believe that under the leadership of Director Yin Yongjie and through the joint efforts of all colleagues, building on past achievements and advancing into the future, the department will achieve greater development and reach new heights during the "12th Five-Year Plan" period and beyond.
Department equipment
ECMO (Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation)
MARS (Molecular Adsorbent Recirculating System)
PICCO (Pulse Indicator Continuous Cardiac Output) Hemodynamic Monitoring
Dräger V300
Dräger V500
Hamilton C2
Hamilton G5
Hamilton MR1 (MRI-Compatible Ventilator)
Hamilton S1
Weili Artificial Liver System
Bronchoscope Monitor
EIT (Electrical Impedance Tomography)
Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT) is a newly developed bedside respiratory monitoring technology. It can accurately and dynamically reflect the gas distribution and volume changes in different regions of the lung in real-time.
MRI-Compatible Monitor
Electronic Fiberoptic Bronchoscope
