In the emergency department of the hospital, there is such a vibrant and responsible youth civilization group. They always stick to the forefront of saving lives and write a touching chapter with their youth and blood.
The Department of Emergency Medicine is a regional medical center for critical care in southeast Beijing. It is a key clinical training specialty in Beijing approved in 2023. It consists of emergency medicine, emergency surgery, intensive care unit and observation ward. The department has an average annual emergency volume of 100,000 person-times, and rescues more than 10,000 person-times annually. It can carry out the diagnosis and treatment of acute and critical diseases such as invasive and noninvasive ventilator support treatment, bedside hemofiltration, mild hypothermia treatment, noninvasive hemodynamic monitoring, bedside bronchoscopy, minimally invasive tracheotomy, etc., which opens up a green life for the treatment of acute myocardial infarction, acute stroke, acute respiratory failure, various shocks, poisoning, gastrointestinal bleeding, multiple trauma and critical pregnant women. There are 77 medical staff, and the proportion of young workers is 58.4%. As an indispensable part of the hospital, the emergency department is growing with the development of the hospital.
According to the specific requirements of establishing the Youth Civilization and the characteristics of the department, the medical team in emergency medicine department put forward the slogan of creating a "faster, higher and stronger" department.
Pictured: emergency medical staff (some members)
Expertise, race against time to save lives
It is normal for medical staff in emergency department to travel in Dai Yue every day. They are full of love for medical career and care for patients, and stick to their posts. They have solid professional knowledge and skilled first-aid skills. In the face of all kinds of critically ill patients, they can always make accurate judgments quickly and carry out efficient treatment. No matter the patients with cardiac arrest or the seriously injured, they race against time in the golden rescue time, and the operations such as cardiopulmonary resuscitation, hemostasis dressing and tracheal intubation are done in one go. In the contest with death again and again, with superb medical skills, many patients’ lives have been successfully saved, bringing hope to patients and their families.
Pictured: Emergency medical staff are rescuing patients.
Intimate service, caring and warm people’s hearts.
Every second in the emergency department is a matter of life and death for the critically ill patients. Therefore, "shortening the emergency time and unblocking the emergency channels" has always been the goal of their emergency medical staff.
The emergency department continuously optimizes the workflow, solidly implements the emergency triage system, and quickly triages and arranges the order of treatment according to the urgency of the patient’s condition; For acute chest pain, stroke patients, high-risk pregnant women and other critically ill patients, provide them with a fast and smooth green channel for treatment; Adjust the layout of infusion area and improve work efficiency and medical quality through process optimization. In addition, the young people in the emergency department put the patient’s feelings first and tried their best to make the patient feel warm. When patients are flustered and helpless, young doctors and nurses will patiently appease them, use warm words to relieve their nervousness, and take the initiative to explain the illness and treatment plan to patients and their families to ensure that they can better cooperate with the treatment. For those patients with financial difficulties, they will also actively assist in contacting relevant rescue channels so that patients can receive treatment with peace of mind. At the same time, the emergency triage desk also set up a warm heart station service to provide patients or their families with needs other than treatment, such as disposable paper cups, wet wipes, paper towels, warm babies, candy and so on.
Pictured: emergency department logo and warm heart station box
Teamwork, unity is strength to overcome difficulties.
Emergency work is complex and urgent, which requires close cooperation among team members. Young people here know this well, and doctors, nurses, nursing workers and other positions all cooperate tacitly. When rescuing patients, doctors gave clear instructions, nurses carried them out quickly and accurately, and nurses assisted in transshipment in time. Everyone performed their duties and worked together. In case of major emergencies, such as group injuries, all members gathered quickly and carried out rescue work in an orderly manner, and overcame one difficulty after another with the help of a strong team. At the same time, under the leadership and support of the director and head nurse, the team members also actively participated in outdoor expansion and cultural performances such as basketball games and tug-of-war games. The women’s basketball team of emergency medicine department won the first place in the hospital basketball game for two consecutive years. Enhance team cohesion and centripetal force while increasing physical fitness.
Pictured: Cultural performances and tug-of-war competitions.
Pictured: simulating real scenes for emergency drills.
Enthusiastic about public welfare and spreading health knowledge
Young people in the emergency department are also keen on public welfare undertakings. In their spare time, led by Gu Wei, secretary of the Party branch and director of the emergency department, they walked into the community, Daxing Airport, Chaoyang Railway Station, etc. to carry out first aid knowledge training and health lectures. Through on-the-spot demonstration and explanation, practical first-aid skills such as cardiopulmonary resuscitation, Heimlich first-aid method and demonstration of wound dressing skills are taught to the public, which improves the public’s first-aid awareness and ability, and also promotes the prevention knowledge of various common diseases, contributing to the improvement of the health literacy of the whole people.
Pictured: Beijing Chaoyang Station carries out first aid skills training and community first aid skills training.
Pictured: First-aid skills training site for armed police soldiers who are guarding Daxing Airport.
Keep learning and improve comprehensive quality.
In order to better cope with the ever-changing needs of emergency work, the young people in the emergency department insist on continuous learning, regularly carry out first aid drills, simulate real scenes, and improve the emergency response ability of medical staff; Actively participate in all kinds of academic training and seminars, understand the latest first aid concepts and technologies, and apply them to practical work. Every month, the department organizes internal business learning and exchange activities to share experiences and insights with each other, which forms a strong learning atmosphere in the team and promotes the continuous improvement of the comprehensive quality of all members. At the same time, it has also established cooperative relations with well-known domestic medical institutions, and regularly carried out academic exchanges and technical training to improve the overall strength of the team.
Pictured: First aid drills and first aid skills training.
In addition, the department also strongly supports young workers to publish papers in well-known academic journals at home and abroad, display research achievements and academic level, actively promote the transformation of scientific research achievements into clinical applications, and provide patients with more advanced diagnosis and treatment technologies and methods. At the same time, young workers are encouraged to actively participate in scientific research projects and subject development, and conduct in-depth research on hot and difficult issues in the field of emergency medicine.
This year, the emergency department published 7 papers, including 2 SCI papers, and successfully published "Analysis of Difficult and Critical Cases in Emergency Department" in Peking University Medical Press. The Department of Emergency Medicine will continue to improve the kinetic energy of discipline development, focusing on four dimensions of "difficult and critical care, new technology and new projects, personnel training, academic and scientific research innovation", deepening the promotion of medical service capacity, improving patient service level and better serving people’s health.
Pictured: science and technology plan task book and expert consensus, etc.
With a high sense of responsibility, exquisite professional skills, considerate service and selfless dedication, this young team in the emergency department is blooming with youthful brilliance and making unremitting efforts to protect patients’ lives and health.