Emergency Department (including Snakebite Department)

【Department History】 The Department of Emergency Medicine was founded in 1981. After more than forty years of continuous development, it has grown from a single first-aid department into an emergency medical system covering the entire disease cycle and integrating the pre-hospital emergency department, snakebite department, emergency diagnosis and treatment, EICU intensive care, and treatment in Traditional Chinese Medicine classic wards. As a core force in regional TCM emergency treatment, the department took the lead in establishing the Shenzhen Emergency Medical Rescue Base, Shenzhen Poisoning Medical Treatment Base, and Shenzhen Emergency Medical Training Base. It has formed a full-chain service model of “emergency rescue—treatment—training—protection,” promoted the deep integration of TCM emergency medicine and modern emergency medicine, and continued to lead in the level of discipline development. 【Department Honors】 The department is a Key TCM Specialty of Guangdong Province, a deputy chair institution of the National Alliance of TCM Classic Wards, and a training base for specialized TCM nurses. Its secondary specialty, the Snakebite Department, is a Shenzhen TCM Specialty with Distinctive Characteristics. In 2023, it was approved as a construction institution for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Snakebite Diagnosis and Treatment Center. Relying on its professional emergency rescue and poisoning treatment capabilities, it successfully established the Shenzhen Emergency Medical Training Base and Poisoning Treatment Base, significantly improving the effectiveness of standardized emergency training and the treatment of poisoning emergencies and critical illnesses. 【Department Leadership】 Academic leader: Zeng Zhongyi, Chief Physician, a Famous TCM Physician of Shenzhen and Chair of the Emergency Medicine Specialty Committee of the Shenzhen Association of Chinese Medicine. He has worked extensively in TCM emergency medicine, snakebite treatment, and poisoning treatment, promoting the standardized development of the department’s emergency technologies. Department director: Liu Yuxiang, Chief Physician, an Outstanding TCM Physician of Shenzhen, a leading TCM and Chinese medicine talent of the Pengcheng Qihuang Project, a Guangdong Province Model Worker, and an expert of the National TCM Quality Control Center (Emergency and Critical Care Medicine specialty). 【Research Scope】 Guided by classic TCM theories, the department focuses on the treatment of emergency and critical illnesses, concentrating on advantageous diseases including epidemic diseases, venomous snakebites, sepsis, acute cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, acute pancreatitis, and severe pneumonia, and has developed promotable integrated Chinese and Western medicine treatment protocols. It optimizes diagnostic and treatment procedures for poisoning emergencies and critical illnesses, improves the emergency training system, and promotes coordinated development of TCM emergency medicine, critical care, and emergency training. 【Department Operations】 The department includes the pre-hospital emergency department; emergency internal medicine, surgery, pediatrics, and gynecology; general outpatient services; resuscitation room; EICU (Emergency Intensive Care Unit); TCM classic wards; and specialized snakebite wards, with 100 open beds. It currently has more than 90 medical and nursing staff, 20 with senior associate or higher professional titles, 2 Famous/Outstanding TCM Physicians of Shenzhen, 2 inheritance mentors for Famous TCM Pharmaceutical Experts of Shenzhen, 1 leading TCM and Chinese medicine talent and 2 outstanding talents of the Pengcheng Qihuang Project, 1 overseas high-level talent, and 4 master’s supervisors. Specialized nurses and case managers are fully staffed, forming a professionally structured team that gives equal emphasis to Chinese and Western medicine. The annual number of emergency outpatient visits is approximately 150,000, annual discharges nearly 2,000, and annual resuscitations more than 3,000; the success rate of integrated Chinese and Western medicine resuscitation exceeds 98%. Since its establishment in 1990, the Snakebite Department has treated more than 30,000 cases of venomous snakebite using integrated Chinese and Western medicine, combined internal and external treatment, and the combined use of acupuncture and medicines. Its success rate has reached 99.9%, and its patient volume and treatment efficacy rank among the leading levels in China. The department uses Chinese and Western medicine to diagnose and treat various emergency and critical illnesses, with distinctive strengths in treating venomous snake and insect bites, viral febrile diseases and respiratory diseases, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, septicemia, and acute pancreatitis. Relying on the Shenzhen Emergency Medical Training Base, it conducts standardized training in emergency technologies such as cardiopulmonary resuscitation, improving the professional capabilities of regional emergency personnel. Through the Poisoning Treatment Center, it efficiently manages various poisoning emergencies and critical illnesses, strengthening the safety barrier for poisoning treatment. In 2025, the department was approved for Shenzhen’s “Three Famous Projects in Medical and Health Care,” introducing the team of Professor Liu Qingquan, a nationally leading expert in TCM emergency and critical care. Its overall disciplinary strength and regional influence have entered the leading ranks of the Greater Bay Area. The department fully leverages the advantages of TCM and has successfully developed four in-house preparations: Shedushe Qing Mixture, She Shang Liang Xue Mixture, Shuanghuang She Shang Powder, and Touxie Qingfei Granules. It has undertaken more than 20 national, provincial, and municipal scientific research projects, published more than 100 papers, served as chief or contributing editor of 14 monographs, and receives more than 100 trainees, interns, and visiting trainees of various types annually. The department will take the construction of the “Greater Bay Area Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine Emergency and Critical Care Treatment Center” as its goal, deepen coordinated development of “medical care, education, research, and industry,” continuously explore the advantages of TCM in treating acute illnesses, and, with the mission of “inheriting Qihuang’s wondrous techniques to save emergency and critical patients; integrating the finest essence of Chinese and Western medicine to guard the front line of life,” build a precise and compassionate emergency service system. 【Department Group Photo】