Surgical ICU

Our department was established in April 2008 and has 10 authorized beds. It is located at the eastern end of the second floor of Ward Building 2 in the central campus and connects with the operating rooms. It is mainly responsible for risk assessment and perioperative monitoring for major operations, high-risk patients and new technologies in the hospital's surgical system; treatment of multiple trauma, severe infection, shock and multiple-organ dysfunction; and comprehensive treatment and rehabilitation of postoperative complications. After its establishment, the department actively participated in treating casualties from the 5.12 Wenchuan earthquake, medical support for hand-foot-and-mouth disease in Heze, Ministry of Health free clinics in Qinghai and support for primary hospitals. It also provides consultations and treatment for difficult cases for hospitals throughout the province.

The department manages about 1,000 patient transfers annually, with patients from all surgical departments and ages ranging from neonates one day after birth to patients aged 95. It has developed expertise in mechanical ventilation, continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT), percutaneous tracheotomy and pulse-indicator continuous cardiac output monitoring (PiCCO).

There are 11 doctors: 3 chief physicians, 1 deputy chief physician, 5 attending physicians, 2 resident physicians, 1 doctoral supervisor and 2 master's supervisors; 6 doctors hold doctorates, 5 hold master's degrees and 3 are doctoral students. There are 28 nurses: 16 nurse supervisors, 5 nurses with intermediate qualifications and 7 nurses. Among 27 of them, 1 has a master's degree, 22 have bachelor's degrees, 3 are studying for master's degrees and 4 have junior-college degrees.

The department currently trains doctoral and master's students at Shandong University School of Medicine, teaches and supervises clinical training for seven-year and five-year programs, pharmacy students and international students, trains new employees and visiting trainees in the hospital's surgical system, and serves as a standardized training base for surgical residents. It has organized national, provincial ICU-specialty and in-hospital training courses many times. It has edited or co-edited 4 books, published more than 30 academic papers, and currently undertakes 1 Shandong provincial science-and-technology project and 3 other projects.