This month Dr. David Wu (Zhixin Wu), an attending physician in the Department of Emergency Medicine, came back from the State of Arizona, U.S.He plans to set up a series of new clinical research trials and develop new policies based on his knowledge and the experiences he learned from the Arizona Emergency Medical Service (EMS) over the next few years.

Dr. Wu was studying at the University of Arizona as a visiting scholar during the past six months. He focuses on Cardiocerebral Resuscitation, Telephone CPR, Prehopital Trauma Care and the construction of clinical databases. He is following Dr. Bentley Bobrow and has joined the AZ SHARE program as an investigator. Meanwhile, he is the principle member of the HeartRescue-China Project and is overseeing this part of our EMS system.

Dr. Wu is a young pioneer in the development of Emergency Medicine in Foshan City. He has published three original research papers which are cited in the Science Citation Index. He is the core member of the clinical research done in the field of Emergency Medicine, Neurology, Cardiology and Intensive Care Medicine in Foshan City. His research team has received scientific funding and is dedicated to improving time-sensitive medical conditions like cardiac arrest, stroke, ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) and sever trauma. At present, Dr. Wu and his team is working to establish the first provincial cardiac arrest center based on the experiences gained while in Arizona. This center will help to further improve the survival rate of cardiac arrests.

Dr. Wu said, we should take full advantage of the Arizona EMS experiences and strength the chain of survival in Foshan City. We must have an open mind and continue to improve EMS quality like our American colleagues. We have a wonderful team and should work together to move this target forward. It's necessary to build a scientific system to collect data, monitor every link and insure there are continuous quality improvements based on the data collected. We can save more patients if we know what we should do better. Doctor Wu would like to be the bridge to pass on the information he has learned while in Arizona.