Emergency Department

The Department of Emergency Medicine of Qilu Hospital of Shandong University is one of the first emergency departments established in China. Relying on platforms including the National Clinical Key Specialty, the discipline supported by the National Capacity Enhancement Project for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Difficult and Critical Diseases, the institution serving as the chair unit of the 9th Committee of the Emergency Medicine Branch of the Chinese Medical Association, the National Medical Products Administration Key Laboratory for Clinical Research and Evaluation of Innovative Drugs, the National Demonstration Base for Innovative Talent Training, the Shandong Provincial Clinical Medical Research Center for Acute and Critical Illnesses, the Shandong Provincial Engineering Laboratory for the Prevention and Treatment of Acute and Critical Illnesses, the Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Cardiopulmonary-Cerebral Resuscitation in Higher Education Institutions, and the Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Acute and Critical Care Medicine, the discipline of acute and critical care medicine conducts clinical, basic, and translational research in areas including cardiac arrest and cardiopulmonary-cerebral resuscitation, acute cardiovascular diseases primarily presenting with chest pain, acute organ injury and protection, the development of innovative drugs and intelligent emergency rescue equipment, and medical big data and artificial intelligence. It is building a clinical diagnosis and treatment center and research base for acute and critical illnesses with a domestically leading level and a certain degree of international influence. In recent years, the discipline has consistently ranked among the top three in the China Best Hospitals and Best Specialties rankings released by the Institute of Hospital Management of Fudan University and ranks first in Shandong Province. Team members include 2 chief scientists of national major projects, 1 expert with outstanding contributions recognized by the National Health Commission, 1 expert serving as principal investigator of a key project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2 national-level talents, 1 expert in the Taishan Scholars Climbing Program, 1 Shandong Provincial expert with outstanding contributions, 3 Taishan Scholars Young Experts, 2 Qilu Young Scholars, 4 Outstanding Young Talents of Qilu Hospital, and 2 Outstanding Young Physicians of Qilu Hospital.

This specialty includes the Department of Prehospital Emergency Care, Emergency Outpatient Clinic, Resuscitation Room, Observation Room, Emergency Intensive Care Unit (EICU), Emergency Operating Room, Emergency Radiology, Emergency Laboratory, Emergency Ultrasound, Chest Pain Center, Emergency Medicine Ward, Emergency Surgery Ward, Department of Poisoning and Occupational Diseases, Neurological Intensive Care Unit (NICU), Institute of Acute and Critical Care Medicine of Shandong University, Shandong Provincial Clinical Medical Research Center for Acute and Critical Illnesses, and Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Acute and Critical Care Medicine in the Health System. The Emergency Outpatient Clinic includes independent consultation rooms for all adult specialties (internal medicine, surgery, cardiology, neurology, obstetrics and gynecology, stomatology, otorhinolaryngology, ophthalmology, dermatology, etc.). The specialty has more than 110 physicians in established posts and more than 350 nursing personnel. It currently has 29 beds in the Resuscitation Room, 68 beds in the Observation Room, 42 beds in the Emergency Medicine Ward, 57 beds in the Emergency Surgery Ward, 32 beds in the Emergency Intensive Care Unit (EICU), and 28 beds in the Neurological Intensive Care Unit (NICU). The specialty has always focused on five principal directions: acute cardiovascular diseases primarily presenting with chest pain, cardiopulmonary-cerebral resuscitation, critical illness, emergency trauma, and acute poisoning. It actively sends young and middle-aged backbone personnel to internationally renowned hospitals and laboratories to study internationally leading and advanced knowledge and technologies and to attend international and domestic academic conferences. It has formed a development approach characterized by the five principal directions and the close integration of clinical and basic research.

The discipline has developed comprehensively in medical care, education, and research. In October 2002, it took the lead nationwide in establishing a “Chest Pain Center, ” implementing the sixteen-character policy of “early diagnosis, risk stratification, correct triage, and scientific treatment, ” and establishing an integrated, seamless acute chest pain treatment system covering the prehospital, in-hospital, and post-discharge stages. It took the lead in establishing national academic alliance organizations including the China Emergency and First Aid Alliance and the China Chest Pain Alliance. It has established comprehensive research platforms, including the Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Acute and Critical Care Medicine in the Health System, the Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Cardiopulmonary-Cerebral Resuscitation in Higher Education Institutions, and the Institute of Acute and Critical Care Medicine of Shandong University. In 2018, it was among the first to be approved as the Shandong Provincial Clinical Medical Research Center for Acute and Critical Illnesses with excellent results. It has undertaken more than 50 projects at various national, ministerial, provincial, departmental, and bureau levels, including 4 National Key Research and Development Program projects, 1 Special Project for the Survey of National Science and Technology Basic Resources, and 1 key project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China. It has received more than 10 ministerial- and provincial-level science and technology awards, including the First Prize of the Chinese Medical Science and Technology Award and the First Prize of the Shandong Science and Technology Progress Award, and has published more than 400 papers, including more than 140 SCI papers in EUR HEART J, J AM COLL CARDIOL, JAMA Cardiol, and other journals. It has received more than 20 invention patents. It has served as chief editor or deputy chief editor of 15 books, including Chinese- and English-language planning textbooks in Emergency Medicine. In December 2021, the team of Professor Chen Yuguo received recognition as an Advanced Collective in Fighting the COVID-19 Epidemic in the National Science and Technology System.