The patient was transferred to the emergency department of Peking Union Medical College Hospital for treatment on December 5, 2013, when she was in a shallow coma. From the moment of transfer, the hospital initiated a multidisciplinary collaborative model of diagnosis and treatment jointly carried out by the departments of neurosurgery, internal medicine ICU, critical care medicine, neurology and emergency department. The neurosurgeon rushed to the emergency department in time to perform extraventricular drainage for the patient, which initially relieved the intracranial hypertension; due to the patient’s critical condition, he was transferred to the medical ICU on the second day of admission, focusing on the maintenance of vital signs; after the cerebral fluid test identified the definite causative organism, the patient was transferred to the infectious disease department for more than four months of anti-infection treatment. During his stay in the Infectious Diseases Unit, the patient’s condition fluctuated several times and he was transferred to the ICU for life-sustaining treatment. The neurosurgeon also performed five external ventricular drains and more than 30 lumbar punctures for continuous drainage. On June 13, the patient was transferred to the neurosurgery ward to receive a ventriculo-abdominal shunt, which eliminated hydrocephalus due to meningitis and resolved the possible risk of follow-up due to high cranial pressure. . The mortality rate of septic meningitis is usually around 25%, and even if the patient is revived, the prognosis is not good if the patient is treated solely by a single discipline. Through the multidisciplinary collaboration model, the relevant departments played their respective strengths, which not only saved the patient’s life, but also improved the patient’s quality of life. The director of the Department of Surgery said in an interview that with the increasing complexity of comorbidities associated with neurological emergencies, treatment is shifting from a solo effort to a patient-centered, multidisciplinary, integrated approach. The neurosurgery and critical care medicine departments of the hospital have joined hands with the neurology and emergency medicine departments to establish a collaborative neurological emergency team. After five years of exploration, a multidisciplinary collaboration model has been formed in which each relevant department is in charge of a dedicated person and the patient is led by whichever department is in charge. Compared with multidisciplinary consultation, multidisciplinary collaboration is a more in-depth cooperation, not you do your work, I do mine, but through multidisciplinary complementary to achieve the treatment effect that a single department can not achieve, and jointly create conditions to complete the “impossible task”. For example, when a patient is temporarily unable to undergo surgery, the ICU can use life support technology to maintain the patient’s blood pressure, respiration and circulation in an appropriate state, thus giving the neurosurgery department the opportunity to carry out surgery. In order to clarify responsibilities, the relevant departments in the hospital’s Neurological Emergencies Collaborative Group designate dedicated personnel to specialize in the direction of neurological emergencies treatment. When a patient’s condition is complex, the patient’s department is responsible for determining the next entry point for treatment after a multidisciplinary discussion. Multidisciplinary collaboration is a necessary path for medical development. Currently, complex diseases involve multiple life systems, and the treatment of a patient with neurological emergencies often involves multiple departments, especially when the specialties are more and more subdivided, the treatment means of only one department can no longer solve all the problems of the patient. Through multidisciplinary cooperation, we can develop a treatment plan for the patient, even if the patient’s condition is complex and variable, we can handle it with ease.