Emergency Medicine

The Emergency Department of the First Hospital of Hohhot was founded in 1984. It is the frontline for rescuing critically ill patients and responding to public health emergencies. It is a comprehensive department integrating clinical emergency, medical services, teaching and scientific research. It is responsible for the medical treatment tasks of Hohhot's population of more than 3 million. The emergency department is open 24 hours a day and provides treatment services to critically ill patients at any time. The department has 4 pre-hospital first aid vehicles, 12 in-hospital emergency beds, 9 outpatient observation ward beds, 16 inpatient ward beds, and 1 outpatient treatment room. A professional medical team integrating emergency, first aid and surgery has been formed. The emergency department with medical characteristics has now formed a complete and modern emergency medical service system integrating pre-hospital first aid, pre-examination and triage, emergency rescue area, treatment area, emergency observation ward and inpatient ward. The rescue room is divided into gastric lavage area, rescue area, resuscitation area and isolation area, which can rescue multiple critically ill patients at the same time. The department has developed disciplinary characteristics in comprehensive diseases such as cardiopulmonary and cerebral resuscitation, trauma first aid, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular emergencies, acute myocardial infarction thrombolysis and interventional therapy, arrhythmia, gastrointestinal perforation, hemorrhage, respiratory failure, heart failure, multiple organ failure and poisoning.The emergency technology projects currently carried out include: cardiopulmonary cerebral resuscitation, tracheal intubation, mechanical ventilation technology and other primary and advanced life support technologies, external temporary pacing, acute myocardial infarction drug thrombolysis, deep vein catheterization, central venous pressure and intra-arterial blood pressure, etc. Monitoring, ultrasound-guided puncture treatment, gastric lavage, indwelling gastric tube, gastrointestinal decompression, urinary catheterization, bedside blood gas analysis and detection technology, 24-hour emergency DSA and coronary intervention, circulatory auxiliary therapy (IABP), treatment of severe trauma and other first aid technologies. Department Equipment The emergency department has complete medical equipment, including an advanced central monitoring system, intensive care pendant, defibrillator, cardiopulmonary resuscitation device, gastric lavage machine, invasive ventilator, non-invasive ventilator, video laryngoscope and endotracheal tube, portable transport ventilator, defibrillator monitor, ECG monitor, surgical high-frequency electrosurgical therapy device, far-infrared therapy device, microwave thermotherapy device, and multiple infusion pumps and micro-syringe pumps and other emergency equipment. Department Service Philosophy Emergency personnel always practice the medical spirit of "respecting life, saving lives and healing the wounded, being willing to contribute, and loving without boundaries", adhering to the service concept of "unity, integrity, work, and dedication" to provide patients with the most humane and high-quality services wholeheartedly.