Critical Care Center

The Emergency and Critical Care Center of Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, established in 2000, comprises multiple functional areas including an emergency resuscitation room, emergency outpatient clinic, emergency observation ward, emergency intensive care unit (EICU), and emergency comprehensive ward, with a total of over 70 beds. It is also equipped with units such as emergency laboratory, pharmacy, general ultrasound, echocardiography room, multi-slice CT, and magnetic resonance imaging, covering a total area of over 5,000 square meters. It is currently the largest and most comprehensive emergency medical center for heart, lung, and vascular diseases in China.
The center's director, Nie Shaoping, is a nationally renowned coronary heart disease expert who has long been engaged in clinical and research work on acute coronary syndromes, particularly excelling in complex coronary interventional therapy, having personally completed over 7,000 PCI procedures. The center also boasts a team of excellent experts specializing in the treatment of various acute and critical cardiopulmonary conditions such as acute myocardial infarction, pulmonary embolism, aortic dissection aneurysm, and respiratory failure, each with their own expertise.
The center has two dedicated catheterization laboratories equipped with various interventional devices such as intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP), intravascular ultrasound (IVUS), optical coherence tomography (OCT), and rotational atherectomy. With strong technical capabilities, the center's emergency coronary intervention team provides 24-hour emergency interventional services for acute myocardial infarction patients and performs highly complex coronary lesion procedures, achieving seamless integration of emergency interventional treatment within the hospital, opening a green channel for life-saving, and undertaking the main task of emergency cardiopulmonary vascular disease diagnosis and treatment in Beijing. It is one of the largest comprehensive emergency treatment centers for acute coronary syndromes in China.
The Emergency and Critical Care Center is not only one of the main supporting units of the Emergency Medicine Department of Capital Medical University but also a major training base for domestic cardiovascular emergency and critical care. The training center organizes pre-hospital and in-hospital emergency first aid knowledge and skills training, promotes the development of emergency medicine in China, and improves the professional level of Chinese emergency medical personnel. It also participates in initiating and supporting clinical research projects in emergency and disaster medicine in China. Over the years, the center has actively conducted research on acute coronary syndromes and ischemic heart disease, undertaking multiple national and provincial/ministerial basic and clinical research projects.
The Emergency and Critical Care Center adheres to the "patient-centered" medical service philosophy, follows evidence-based treatment guidelines, and adopts internationally advanced emergency management models. It has attracted numerous renowned interventional experts to our hospital for research and discussion, establishing an international technical exchange platform. It enjoys a high reputation both domestically and internationally in the treatment of acute coronary syndromes, pulmonary vascular diseases, and large vessel diseases. With the joint efforts of all medical staff, the Emergency and Critical Care Center will continue to advance, providing patients with more professional and high-quality services.