1. History
Established in 2008, the Department of Critical Care Medicine has developed into a leading center for integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine in critical care.
2. Honors & Accreditations
The department holds multiple prestigious designations and leadership roles in professional societies:
Government Designations:
Key Clinical TCM Specialty Construction Unit, 14th Five-Year Plan of Guangdong Province
Shenzhen TCM Characteristic Specialty
Academic Leadership Roles:
Standing Committee Member, Chinese Alliance of TCM Critical Care Medicine
Vice-Chairman Unit, Critical Care Medicine Professional Committee, Guangdong Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Chairman Unit, Critical Care Medicine Professional Committee, Shenzhen Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Vice-Chairman Unit, Critical Care Medicine Professional Committee, Shenzhen Medical Association
Vice-President Unit, Critical Care Medicine Professional Committee, Shenzhen Medical Doctor Association
3. Leadership
Prof. Zhang Zhong — Founding Administrative Director (made outstanding contributions to departmental development)
Prof. Wang Ling — Current Director
4. Clinical Scope & Research
The department specializes in the integrated TCM-Western medicine diagnosis, treatment, research, and education of acute and critical illnesses, with particular expertise in:
Sepsis
Respiratory failure
Heart failure (TCM: Xinshuai, 心衰病)
5. Clinical Operations & Capacity
Facilities:
Futian Campus: 18 beds
Guangming Campus: 23 beds
2 general internal medicine clinics
Medical Team (40+ members):
1 Shenzhen Famous TCM Doctor
4 Master's Supervisors
5 Senior-Level Professionals (Chief/Associate Chief Physicians)
3 Outstanding TCM Talents, Pengcheng Qihuang Project, Shenzhen
1 Young Medical Talent, Shenzhen Elite Talent Training Program
8 National/Provincial Specialist Nurses
1 National Backbone TCM Nursing Practitioner
Academic Collaboration:
In 2025, under Shenzhen's "Three Famous" Medical Project (Famous Doctors, Hospitals, and Clinics), the department partnered with Prof. Liu Qingquan's TCM Acute & Critical Care Team from Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Capital Medical University. The collaboration established the "Famous TCM Doctor Liu Qingquan Experience Inheritance Studio" — honoring Prof. Liu as a Changjiang Scholar and Qihuang Scholar.
6. Core Technologies & Clinical Capabilities
As the hospital's comprehensive rescue and perioperative support center for all critically ill patients, the department has established a complete critical care rescue system and offers:
Advanced Life Support:
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) — with a mature, dedicated ECMO team achieving a successful weaning rate exceeding 50% in recent years
Mechanical Ventilation
Multi-Modal Blood Purification (CRRT, plasmapheresis, etc.)
Bedside Temporary Cardiac Pacing
Percutaneous Tracheostomy
Monitoring & Diagnostics:
Critical Care Ultrasound — serving as the core of integrated hemodynamic monitoring and respiratory mechanics monitoring
Hemodynamic Monitoring (invasive and non-invasive)
Bispectral Index (BIS) Monitoring
These technologies form a visualized, integrated diagnostic and treatment platform that enables comprehensive, real-time patient assessment.
7. TCM Integration & Characteristic Therapies
Philosophy: "Upholding Orthodoxy while Embracing Innovation; Equal Emphasis on Chinese and Western Medicine" (守正创新，中西并重)
The department applies TCM theory to guide critical care practice, highlighting TCM's unique advantages in acute and critical illness management through the inheritance, innovation, and development of TCM diagnostic and therapeutic techniques.
Three Dominant TCM Disease Categories:
Fever (发热)
Dyspnea Syndrome (喘证)
Heart Failure (心衰病)
Proprietary Acupoint Plastering Formulations:
Dingchuan Jiufei San (定喘救肺散, Asthma-Relieving and Lung-Rescuing Powder)
Wenyang Jiuxin San (温阳救心散, Yang-Warming and Heart-Rescuing Powder)
Jiedu Tuire San (解毒退热散, Toxin-Removing and Fever-Reducing Powder)
Consensus Herbal Prescriptions:
Baoyuan Decoction (保元汤, Qi-Preserving Decoction)
Wenyang Tongxia Decoction (温阳通下方, Yang-Warming and Purgation Decoction)
Houpu Mahuang Decoction (厚朴麻黄汤, Magnolia Bark and Ephedra Decoction)
TCM Characteristic Therapies: 10+ modalities, integrating herbal medicine with acupuncture, acupoint stimulation, and other TCM appropriate techniques.
8. Vision & Mission
"Mastering the essence of Qi-Huang to rescue the critically ill;
With benevolent hearts and skilled hands, safeguarding health and well-being."
Future Goal: To build a high-level regional TCM Critical Care Medicine Center.
Strategic Priorities:
Deepen the synergistic development of medical care, education, and research
Take modern critical care technology as the core, integrating the strengths of TCM syndrome differentiation and treatment
Practice the benevolence of medicine, building a rapid-response, whole-course guardianship, accountable, and compassionate critical care medical service system
