Emergency Pediatrics Department

The Department of Pediatrics of the Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University has a history of more than 120 years. After 1978, it established an emergency pediatric outpatient clinic. The Department of Emergency Pediatrics was established in 2012 and is a tertiary discipline under Pediatrics, a key discipline and a clinical key specialty of Shandong Province. The department is located in the Shinan Campus and the West Coast Campus, respectively. Emergency Pediatrics currently has functional areas including an emergency room, isolation consultation room, resuscitation room, infusion room, observation room, nebulization room, pulmonary function and exhaled nitric oxide testing room, and allergen testing room. It has advanced and comprehensive pediatric emergency care technologies and diagnostic and treatment systems. It can provide efficient pre-triage and triage, systematic and complete treatment pathways for common diseases, timely identification and rapid resuscitation of critically ill patients, critical care, treatment of organ failure, life support, critical care transport, various puncture procedures, intraosseous infusion, venous catheterization, and painless, comfortable examinations and treatments. Children can receive analgesia and sedation noninvasively and safely, allowing all procedures and examinations to be completed smoothly. The annual number of emergency visits exceeds 200,000, placing it at the forefront of emergency pediatrics among general hospitals in the province.

2. Medical and Nursing Team

There are 12 physicians, including 1 master's supervisor, 4 doctoral degree holders, 8 master's degree holders, and 3 associate chief physicians; there are 37 nursing staff, including 3 associate chief nurses. All emergency physicians attend the national American Heart Association cardiopulmonary resuscitation and cardiovascular emergency care training course and obtain the internationally recognized “BLS Provider Certificate” and “ACLS Provider Certificate” issued by AHA. Many also concurrently serve as members of specialty groups of provincial and municipal medical associations and physicians' associations, among other positions. The talent echelon is well structured, and young physicians have solid clinical fundamentals, forming a young, energetic, high-level emergency team.

3. Teaching and Research

The department undertakes pediatric teaching for undergraduate and graduate students in pediatrics, as well as standardized residency training, further education, and clinical clerkship tasks for pediatric students. It undertakes 2 provincial and municipal research projects, has received 2 second prizes in the Shandong Province Soft Science Awards, has served as chief editor or contributing editor of 8 books, and has published more than 30 academic papers (including 7 SCI papers).

4. Academic Leader

Song Liang, Doctor of Medicine, associate chief physician, and master's supervisor; young member of the Pediatric Critical Care Physicians Branch of the Chinese Medical Doctor Association; member of the Pediatric Committee of the Chinese Research Hospital Association; deputy head of the Pediatric Infection Group of the Shandong Medical Doctor Association; and standing committee member of the First Committee of the Pediatric Critical and Severe Diseases Committee of the Shandong Maternal and Child Health Association.

Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University

The Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases of the Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University was established in 2022 as a newly established department created to address new characteristics in patterns of pediatric diseases. At its inception, it made outstanding contributions to responding to novel coronavirus infections in children and safeguarding the health of children in the region. The department is located in the West Coast Campus. It currently has a pediatric infectious diseases outpatient clinic, fever clinic, isolation consultation room, and isolation infusion room, as well as a pediatric infectious diseases ward with advanced facilities (completed but not yet operational). It provides diagnosis and treatment for pediatric infectious diseases and intestinal diseases. The department is actively building up its human resources, material resources, and medical technologies in preparation for the formal operation of its inpatient ward. It currently conducts clinical work jointly with Emergency Pediatrics.