Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine

INTRODUCTION

The Intensive Care Unit (ICU), also known as the Department of Intensive Care and Poison Control, is a specialized department for emergency care, resuscitation, and intensive treatment for critically ill patients—those who are on the edge between life and death. These include patients with conditions such as shock, respiratory failure, multiple organ failure, kidney failure, liver failure, coma, severe sepsis, acute poisoning, and more. The ICU also manages postoperative patients at high risk of complications such as respiratory failure, shock, or postoperative bleeding.

ADMISSION CRITERIA

Patients admitted to the ICU are those at high risk or experiencing dysfunction of one or more organ systems, requiring continuous 24/7 monitoring or organ support therapies.

Upon admission, patients are categorized and assigned to designated ICU areas based on their medical conditions, including:

• Postoperative ICU – for patients recovering from surgery

• Medical ICU – for patients with internal medicine-related conditions

• Infectious Disease ICU – for patients with communicable diseases

ORGANIZATION

• Head of Department: Dr. Phạm Đức Long

• Attending Physicians:
  Dr. Lê Tùng Dương
  Dr. Khúc Thừa Minh
  Dr. Lê Trung Tuấn
  Dr. Đỗ Thị Như Quỳnh

• Head Nurse: Nurse Trần Thị Phượng

• Nursing Staff:
  Nurse Cấn Mạnh Đạt
  Nurse Nguyễn Thị Ngọc Oanh
  Nurse Ngô Thị Kim Thoa
  Nurse Nguyễn Thị Tường Vi
  Nurse Hồ Văn Quyền
  Nurse Phạm Thị Kim Cương
  Nurse Nguyễn Thúy Hồng
  Nurse Phan Thị Kim Ngọc
  Nurse Nguyễn Hồ Ái Như
  Nurse Đỗ Quang Toàn
  Nurse Lương Thị Nhung

• Orderly Staff:
  Orderly Bùi Thị Kim Giàu

FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

With the motto “Professional Emergency Care – Catching Every Moment of Life,” the Intensive Care Unit has clearly defined its core mission:

• Operate on a 24/7 basis.

• Examine and provide emergency care for all admitted patients.

• Treat critically ill patients requiring ICU admission as well as those transferred from other clinical departments or healthcare facilities.

• Assess and triage patients' conditions and implement appropriate emergency interventions based on priority levels until patients are stabilized and transferred to the appropriate department.

• Coordinate emergency consultations with other specialties during the resuscitation and treatment process.

• Receive emergency patients via the city’s 115 emergency medical response system to provide timely care for critically ill individuals.

• Deliver intensive treatment and care for patients with life-threatening conditions requiring organ support.

• Establish an emergency treatment and intensive care workflow within the department and provide professional support to ICU systems in other hospital departments or lower-level healthcare facilities.

• Conduct patient examinations, complete medical records, and order necessary laboratory and diagnostic tests for accurate diagnosis and prompt treatment planning.

• Organize regular case consultations for ICU patients as per hospital protocols.

• Perform medical procedures in accordance with hospital technical regulations.

• Participate in training, mentorship for lower-level units, and scientific research activities.

• Strictly comply with all hospital regulations and standard operating procedures.

FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT

• Carescape R860 ventilators: 2 units

• ResMed Stellar 100 ventilators: 2 units

• Electrocardiogram (ECG) machines: 2 units

• Multi-parameter monitors (5 vital signs): 5 units

• Defibrillators: 2 units

• Portable bedside ultrasound machine: 1 unit

• Infusion pumps, syringe pumps, and drop-counting infusion devices, among other essential equipment

COMMITMENT TO CARE

With strong internal capabilities, the Emergency and Intensive Care Unit at Tam Tri Saigon General Hospital has been and continues to successfully fulfill its mission—delivering life-saving care to critically ill patients.