Critical Care Medicine (ICU)

The Department of Critical Care Medicine (ICU) was established in 1996 and currently has 10 open beds (divided into two wards, East and West), with positive- and negative-pressure rooms, primarily providing close monitoring, precise treatment, and comprehensive nursing for high-risk patients in the peri-treatment period of oncology and for critically ill patients. After nearly 30 years of continuous improvement, the Department of Critical Care Medicine has become a clinical department integrating medical care, teaching, and scientific research, safeguarding the treatment of oncology patients. The department has sufficient, advanced medical equipment, including ventilators, multiparameter monitors, bedside blood purification machines, bronchoscopes, temporary cardiac pacemakers, pulse indicator continuous cardiac output monitoring (PiCCO), bedside ultrasound systems, high-flow oxygen therapy devices, blood gas analyzers, automatic sputum clearance machines, infusion pump management systems, and more. It provides such diagnostic and treatment services as mechanical ventilation, circulatory support (invasive cardiac output monitoring), blood purification (renal replacement therapy, plasma exchange), percutaneous minimally invasive tracheotomy, temporary cardiac pacing, bedside critical care ultrasound, bronchoscopy and lavage, mild hypothermia, prone-position ventilation, and bedside testing (blood gas analysis, procalcitonin, brain natriuretic peptide). Approximately 900-plus patients are admitted annually, providing a strong guarantee for the treatment of critically ill patients in the hospital. The Vascular Access Center (VAC) under the Department of Critical Care Medicine was established in 2010 and is one of the earliest specialized vascular access management departments in the country. It is responsible for hospital-wide central venous catheterization (CVC), peripherally inserted central catheterization (PICC), implantation of venous infusion ports and their outpatient nursing maintenance, and management of various catheter-related complications. It is a specialized intravenous therapy training base of the Chinese Nursing Association and the Beijing Nursing Association and has established a professionally certified “Catheter Nursing Studio.” The widespread use of ultrasound guidance and intracavitary electrocardiographic localization technology has greatly reduced the incidence of complications. The department currently has 16 physicians, including 5 with senior professional titles, 9 with doctoral degrees, and 2 with experience as visiting scholars abroad; there are 41 nurses in total (including 10 at the Vascular Access Center), including 1 associate chief nurse, 23 nurse supervisors, 31 certificates for nurses in various specialties, and 2 medical secretaries. The department is the institution of the chairperson of the Professional Committee of Critical Care Medicine for Oncology of the Beijing Anti-Cancer Association. In the past 5 years, a total of 35 articles have been published, of which 17 are indexed in SCI; 9 research projects have been undertaken; 13 patents have been applied for.