Emergency Department

The Department of Emergency Medicine of Renji Hospital is the Shanghai Municipal and Pudong New Area Trauma Emergency Medical Center. Its annual patient volume has long ranked among the highest in Shanghai, reaching more than 500,000 emergency visits in 2023. It is one of the first emergency medicine standardized residency training and fellowship training bases in Shanghai, and a doctoral degree-conferring institution of Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine. It currently serves as the leading quality-control unit of the Shanghai emergency medicine and ICU quality-control group in Pudong New Area, and as the Shanghai Acute Poisoning Treatment Technical Training Center. In sepsis, pancreatitis, gastrointestinal bleeding, multiple organ dysfunction syndrome, heart failure, acute poisoning, malignant arrhythmias, various types of shock, especially all kinds of high-risk chest pain and abdominal pain, the department’s treatment volume has long remained among the highest in Shanghai hospitals of the same level, and it has accumulated extensive clinical experience. The success rate for treating patients with acute massive gastrointestinal bleeding exceeds 95%, representing an internationally advanced level. The department has specially established distinctive emergency treatment units, including the Emergency Consultation Center for Severe Digestive Diseases, the Emergency Consultation Center for Severe Cardiovascular Diseases, and the Emergency Consultation Center for Abdominal Pain.

The Department of Emergency Medicine has nearly 70 physicians, including more than 20 experienced experts with senior professional titles, 1 doctoral supervisor, 3 master’s supervisors, and 3 nurses with senior professional titles. It has undertaken nearly ten national-level research projects, and some research findings have been published successively in leading international journals, including Eur Heart J, Shock, Resuscitation, Crit Care Med, Int. J. Biol. Macromol., Advanced Science, and Angew Chem Int Edit. Its experts have participated in drafting nearly 30 international/Chinese guidelines or expert consensuses, including a world-class guideline published in Eur Heart J (impact factor 35.8). The department has first-class technical equipment and considerable influence in the field of emergency and critical care in China, with many areas at the domestic leading level. It is the chairing institution of the Professional Committee of Emergency and Critical Care of the Chinese Physiological Society; the vice-chairing institution of the Professional Committee of Cardiac Emergency and Critical Care of the Chinese Medical Doctor Association; the deputy group-leader institution of the National Cardiovascular Emergency and Critical Care Group of the Tenth Committee of the Cardiovascular Disease Branch of the Chinese Medical Association; the leading institution of the National Geriatric Cardiovascular Emergency and Critical Care Group of the Chinese Medical Doctor Association; the lead institution of the Yangtze River Delta Cardiovascular Emergency and Critical Care Alliance; the chairing institution of the Emergency Medicine Branch of the Shanghai Association of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine; and the vice-president institution of the Emergency Physicians Branch of the Shanghai Medical Doctor Association. It has promoted domestic and international exchange and cooperation in related research fields. It has received 6 provincial- and ministerial-level awards, including the Shanghai Science and Technology Award.

The Department of Emergency Medicine of Renji Hospital has established complete emergency, resuscitation, and inpatient care pathways at both the Pudong Campus and the Minhang South Campus. It has more than 200 resuscitation and observation beds in total, in addition to 130 inpatient beds in the emergency wards and 30 emergency ICU beds. Equipped with comprehensive medical emergency facilities, it focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of acute, critical, complex, and difficult diseases and has extensive clinical experience. As a resuscitation center for acute and critical illnesses, a consultation center for difficult diseases, an observation center for multisystem diseases, and a resuscitation center for public health emergencies, it undertakes the treatment of various acute and critical patients, as well as support for sudden major public health emergencies and major political tasks. It further expands the radiating effect of its medical brand, with its medical services reaching the Yangtze River Delta and even the whole country, and has received very high recognition from society and the profession.

The department has successively received numerous honorary titles, including National May Fourth Red Flag Youth League Branch, Shanghai March 8 Red Flag Collective, Shanghai Health and Wellness System March 8 Red Flag Collective, Shanghai Youth Civilization Unit, and the leading-unit title for a Shanghai Health and Wellness Industry Youth Civilization Unit Initiative Group.