Intensive Care Medicine Department Ward 4

The ICU Ward 4 (ICU-D) of the Department of Critical Care Medicine at the Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University was established in 2013. It is a clinical department that has grown and continuously advanced together with the medical wards of our hospital. The ICU-D area is led by physicians specializing in critical care medicine from our hospital. It is a professional medical and nursing team with extensive theoretical knowledge, strong technical skills, and rich experience. The department currently has 21 designed beds, of which 20 are open, including 4 isolation rooms. There are currently 10 ICU physicians, 48 ICU specialist nurses, and 1 respiratory therapist. Physicians and nurses also form an intravenous therapy team, nutrition team, blood purification team, and respiratory therapy team to provide more meticulous management of the diseases, vital signs, and parameter regulation of patients admitted to the unit.

Group photo of all medical and nursing staff of the Department of Critical Care Medicine

The ICU Ward 4 (ICU-D) of the Department of Critical Care Medicine is primarily responsible for treating patients from the medical wards throughout the hospital. It also provides treatment and resuscitation for patients from the departments of surgery, emergency medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, and pediatrics. This mainly includes the treatment, monitoring, and management of complex conditions such as patients after successful cardiopulmonary resuscitation; respiratory, circulatory, renal, endocrine, digestive, and nervous system diseases; sepsis; drug and food poisoning; multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS); and postoperative surgical conditions. The main support technologies provided by our department include continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT), artificial liver technology (DPMARS), ECMO (including ECMO treatment for awake patients), hemodynamic monitoring (including PiCCO monitoring), and intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) therapy.