Hallim University Sacred Heart Hospital established intensive care medicine department for severe patients...Presenting a New Paradigm

Apr 15, 2025

Hallim University Sacred Heart Hospital (Hospital President Kim Hyung-soo) has recently established 'Department of Critical Patient Medicine' to significantly strengthen its capacity to treat seriously ill patients.

Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital has recently established a stable treatment system in response to the increase in elderly, cancer, and severe surgery patients, and has formed an independent medical team that can focus only on severely ill patients to enhance its expertise in treatment and research.

Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital formed the intensive care medicine department centered on faculty members with extensive experience in intensive care treatment in respiratory medicine, renal medicine, and neurology. In the future, medical staff such as surgery and circulatory medicine will be added to focus on a total of more than 10 specialists.




The Department of Intensive Care Medicine integrates and manages all intensive care units in the hospital, including internal, surgical, cardiovascular, and nervous systems, and strengthens the continuity and concentration of intensive care treatment. In particular, responsible specialists are designated for each specialized field such as respiratory, kidney, and nervous system, providing customized treatment for severe patients. In addition, it is actively involved in multidisciplinary convergence treatment as well as in the treatment of surgical patients and emergency room inpatients to increase treatment expertise.

In addition, the company operates the Advanced Critical Care Nursing (ACCN), which focuses on intensive care unit patients such as ventilator control and procedure assistance, and the Integrated Critical Care Nursing Specialist (CCNS), which supports continuous renal replacement therapy. Through this, it is expected to create synergy in the treatment of severe patients by cooperating with intensive care medical specialists, such as responding quickly to abnormal symptoms and increasing the survival rate and recovery speed of patients.

It will also accelerate the training of intensive care medical professionals and strengthening research capabilities. Increase the medical capacity of medical staff by holding regular conferences and actively supporting research activities. In addition, the 轉 system will be improved by strengthening links with local hospitals, and the global network will be expanded by participating in domestic and international conferences and holding international symposiums.




Kim Hyung-soo, director of Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, said "The launch of the Department of Critical Patient Medicine is not just to expand the medical department, but to present a new paradigm for severe medical care."It will strengthen the capacity to treat severely ill patients and contribute to improving the quality of medical care."

Meanwhile, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital provides the best medical services for severely ill patients in Korea. The regional emergency medical center has a hybrid operating room dedicated to emergency patients, allowing cardiopulmonary resuscitation, angiography, and ECMO treatment to patients with cardiac arrest at the same time. In addition, it operates an ambulance dedicated to severely ill patients called 'Mobile ICU' and is equipped with special equipment such as ECMO and ventilators to support life support treatment and safe transportation of severely ill patients. In addition, for the first time in Korea, 'Brain Saver App' has been developed and used since 2014 to help rapid evacuation and treatment of acute cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.

Hallim University Sacred Heart Hospital established intensive care medicine department for severe patients...Presenting a New Paradigm
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.