Critical Care Medicine
The Department of Critical Care Medicine of Taikang Xianlin Drum Tower Hospital was established in 2016 and moved to the new wards of Phase II in August 2024. It currently has 18 open beds, of which 6 are single rooms. The department currently has 32 medical and nursing staff, including 9 physicians (3 chief physicians, 4 attending physicians and 2 resident physicians) and 3 specialist nurses. The department routinely carries out techniques such as hemodynamic monitoring and assessment, PiCCO, CRRT, respiratory mechanics monitoring and various oxygen therapies, bedside ultrasound assessment, bedside fiberoptic bronchoscopic lavage and treatment, prone position ventilation, percutaneous tracheotomy, and intensive analgesia and sedation and nutritional support. The department director Gu Qin is currently Chairman of the Critical Care Medicine Specialty Branch of the Nanjing Medical Association and Vice President of the Critical Care Physicians Branch of the Jiangsu Medical Doctor Association, and has conducted in-depth research on the clinical and basic aspects related to severe infections and multiple organ dysfunction.