Department of Emergency Medicine

The Department of Emergency Medicine of Tianjin Medical University General Hospital was officially established in 1984 and is one of the first emergency departments established in my country.

It has emergency pre-examination and triage, emergency diagnosis area, emergency resuscitation room, emergency observation ward, EICU, sub-care unit, emergency comprehensive ward, emergency ultrasound examination room, emergency dynamic ECG/blood pressure examination room, emergency laboratory and outpatient and emergency infusion room.

At the same time, a green channel has been established for the treatment of acute chest pain, acute stroke, acute poisoning and acute multiple injuries.

The department currently has 137 open beds and is equipped with advanced diagnostic and treatment equipment.

It is now a modern comprehensive emergency medical center in Tianjin that integrates medical treatment, teaching, scientific research, personnel training and emergency medical consultation services. It is the main medical line for acute and critical patients in Tianjin, the main treatment center for complex and difficult critical patients, and the main force in responding to public health emergencies and disaster relief.

There are more than 60 doctors and 100 nurses, including 4 with senior professional titles and 4 with deputy senior professional titles.

In 2012, the Department of Emergency Medicine obtained the national clinical drug trial qualification.

In 2013, it entered the construction sequence of key clinical disciplines of the National Health and Family Planning Commission.

In 2014, Director Chai Yanfen and Director Shou Songtao served as the president and vice president respectively of the Emergency Physicians Branch of Tianjin Medical Association.

In 2018, the Department of Emergency Medicine of Tianjin Medical University General Hospital officially became a national key clinical specialty in the “Twelfth Five-Year Plan”. It was also approved as a key clinical cultivation discipline in Tianjin and a comprehensive investment discipline in the “13th Five-Year Plan” of Tianjin Medical University.

It is currently the national and Tianjin emergency resident training base, the Tianjin general practice resident training base and the clinical teaching base for emergency specialist nurses.

It is an affiliated unit of Tianjin Emergency Quality Control Center. Chai Yanfen and Shou Songtao serve as the director and deputy director of the quality control center respectively.

The achievements achieved in this subject are recognized by society.

In 2001, the Department of Emergency Medicine was awarded the "Youth Civilization Award" of the Tianjin Health System. In 2009, the department was rated as the "Top Ten Civilized Service Window" of Tianjin Medical University.

In 2012, the Emergency Medicine Party Branch was rated as the advanced grassroots party organization in Tianjin’s education system. In 2013, it was awarded the advanced collective of Tianjin’s “Worker Pioneer”.

In 2014, Professor Chai Yanfen won the title of Tianjin’s “People’s Satisfied Good Doctor” and the Tianjin May Day Labor Medal. In 2015, the department won the title of Tianjin Model Collective, and deputy chief physician Wang Lijun won the Tianjin May Day Labor Medal.

In 2016, Professor Chai Yanfen was appointed as the standing committee member of the 9th Committee of the Emergency Medicine Branch of the Chinese Medical Association and won the "Chinese Physician Award". In 2017, Professor Chai Yanfen was appointed as the deputy director of the 2nd Emergency Medicine Professional Committee of the Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Branch of the Chinese Medical Doctor Association and the director of the standardized training base for outstanding residents.

In 2017, Liu Yancun and Gao Yulei were named New Century Talents of Tianjin Medical University General Hospital.

In 2017, the emergency medicine department of the General Hospital ranked 19th in the China Science and Technology Influence Emergency Medicine Ranking, and the Emergency Medicine Department of China Regional Hospital Specialty Reputation Ranking (North China) ranked the emergency medicine department fourth.

In 2017, Professor Chai Yanfen was awarded the "Bethune-style Good Doctor", and in 2018, Professor Chai Yanfen was awarded the top ten medical workers satisfied with the people of Tianjin.

Under the leadership of Professors Chai Yanfen and Shou Songtao, the Department of Emergency Medicine keeps pace with the development of emergency medicine at home and abroad, and has achieved remarkable results in all its work.

In 2018, there were more than 470,000 emergency department visits, accounting for about 10% of Tianjin's total emergency department visits. 120 ambulances transported more than 13,000 patients per year, and rescued 20,000 critically ill patients per year.

Based on the comprehensive development of comprehensive emergency medical capabilities, the Department of Emergency Medicine carries out new technology projects such as ultrasound-guided invasive operations, transesophageal ultrasound cardiopulmonary resuscitation quality assessment, ventilator metabolism measurement to guide nutritional support for mechanically ventilated patients, tracheoscopic airway management, RUSH assessment of cardiac function and transcutaneous oxygen partial pressure/carbon dioxide partial pressure to assess microcirculatory status and other new technologies.

Since its establishment, the Department of Emergency Medicine of Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, while undertaking and completing heavy medical tasks, has successively published nearly 60 books of different types as chief editor, chief editor, co-editor, chief translator and deputy chief translator.

Professor Chai Yanfen co-edited the English versions of the textbooks "Internal Medicine", "Emergency Medicine" and "Emergency Medicine" for medical colleges, co-edited the "Disaster Medical Rescue Knowledge and Technology" and "Emergency Bedside Ultrasound Quick Exam Handbook" published by the People's Medical Publishing House, edited the 13th Five-Year Plan postgraduate textbook "Ultrasound Diagnostics of Emergency and Critical Care" published by the People's Medical Publishing House, and edited the "Concorde Concise Emergency Ultrasound Manual" published by Science Press edited by Chai Yanfen and others and Liu Xiaohe and others.

The Department of Emergency Medicine is a doctoral degree-granting unit in emergency medicine in Tianjin and the earliest master's degree-granting unit in emergency medicine in Tianjin. As of 2018, it has accepted and trained 124 graduate students in emergency medicine and general medicine. The Department of Emergency Medicine is also responsible for theoretical teaching and internship guidance at all levels of Tianjin Medical University, as well as standardized training tasks for residents.

The emergency resident training base currently has 24 instructors and 12 on-the-job trainees, and 62 have graduated.

The department successfully held 6 emergency ultrasound technology application training courses, with 252 emergency ultrasound physicians from across the country participating.

The Department of Emergency Medicine is an AHA-authorized cardiopulmonary resuscitation skills training center with currently 6 instructors.

The department has sent 10 emergency nursing specialist nurses to train, and used it as an emergency teaching base to receive 77 emergency emergency specialist nurses, all of whom graduated with honors.

Department staff have presided over and participated in more than 30 projects at various levels, 3 National Natural Science Foundation projects, 2 national patents, and published more than 300 medical articles, 23 of which were included in SCI.

The Department of Emergency Medicine actively cultivates talents and strengthens the construction of talent echelon during the development process.

In medical practice, make full use of the department's medical resources to improve the professional theoretical knowledge, technology and abilities of young doctors in the form of ward rounds, lectures and discussions of difficult cases.

Establish a professional team for bronchoscopy airway management, blood purification, and hemodynamic monitoring, and continuously improve the quality of the professional team for emergency ultrasound diagnosis. In order to quickly increase the diagnosis rate of emergency patients and shorten patient treatment time, the department has strengthened the training of POCT personnel and expanded the construction of the POCT team.

The department has sent more than 10 medical staff, including Shou Songtao, Yuan Zhiming, Wang Lijun, Liu Yancun, Jin Heng and Mo Ying, to the United States, the United Kingdom, the Czech Republic, Hong Kong, Taiwan and other countries and regions for further study.

In addition to the busy medical work, under the leadership of the Party Branch of the Emergency Medicine Department, in order to enrich the organizational life of party members and give full play to the vanguard and exemplary role of party members, young party members were organized to review the oath of joining the party and receive patriotic education at the Ping-Tianjin Battle Memorial Hall.

Invited by the Tianjin Municipal Health and Family Planning Commission, he completed the training of medical support personnel for the Wuqing District International Marathon and the National Games and the medical support work during the events.

He went to Wuqing District Second People's Hospital (organized by the Health and Family Planning Commission) and Xiqing District Hospital to provide academic support and free clinics.

Organize the popularization of first aid and resuscitation knowledge on "Caring for Migrant Workers and Their Children in Tianjin".

During the National Games, we will do a good job in providing medical support for the rear areas.

The department has weathered many hardships and endured hardships. After more than 30 years of hard work by two generations, it has developed from an emergency department under the Department of Internal Medicine into an emergency medical service system that basically integrates emergency admission, resuscitation, observation, intensive care treatment, hospitalization, rehabilitation and outpatient follow-up for patients with urgent, critical and difficult diseases.