The XXIV Winter Olympics will open in Beijing on February 4, 2022. The Sports Department of China News Network launched a series of columns "100 Questions about the Winter Olympics", which aims to popularize the knowledge of the Winter Olympics, answer hot questions, and talk about ice and snow anecdotes, so as to help everyone have a better viewing experience during the Beijing Winter Olympics.
No. 69 Winter Olympics | What are the characteristics of medical treatment for Beijing Winter Olympic athletes?
In the Olympic games, medical treatment is an important part of the event protection work. It not only escorts athletes who chase their dreams, but also a manifestation of their ability to run competitions.
The upcoming Beijing Winter Olympics will be held in Beijing, Yanqing and Zhangjiakou, with a total of 7 major events, 15 sub-events and 109 sub-events, which put forward high requirements for medical treatment. In the context of the epidemic, epidemic prevention measures will also become a large part of the medical treatment of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games.
Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Tinder Display. China News Service reporter Han Haidan photographed
To this end, a total of 88 medical stations have been set up in Beijing and Yanqing to provide on-site medical treatment and diversion and transfer of the wounded and sick. The injured and sick people involved in the Winter Olympics will be divided into five categories: confirmed and suspected patients with new coronary pneumonia, patients with fever symptoms in the closed loop, other injured and sick people in the closed loop, patients with fever symptoms outside the closed loop, and other injured and sick people outside the closed loop.
The 18 designated hospitals in Beijing will implement accurate classification and treatment to avoid the intersection of the flow lines of injured and sick people with different risks. After the start of the competition, 1188 medical staff and 840 hospital experts will be drawn from designated hospitals to provide timely and efficient medical services. At the same time, 60 municipal experts and 10 academicians have been prepared to give high-level technical support.
The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics mascot "Ice Pier" and the Winter Paralympic Mascot "Snow Rongrong" are themed ice sculptures. Image source: ICphoto
In addition, in view of the characteristics of different projects and different venues, the medical security of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games has also formulated a plan of "one policy" and "one hospital, one policy". For example, the ice hockey rink hall is specially equipped with medical personnel including orthopedics, stomatology and other disciplines, and at the same time, CT, dental chairs and other equipment have been added to the ice hockey rink hall.
Another example is the National Bobsleigh Center "Snow Tour Dragon" in Yanqing, which is composed of personnel from Peking University People's Hospital and Beijing Emergency Center, covering medical staff from brain surgery, orthopedics, emergency departments, thoracic surgery and other departments. The medical security command room is equipped with a video surveillance system, and if an athlete is injured, the medical staff of the nearest medical station will be notified at the first time to arrive at the scene of the accident for first aid. If the injury is more serious, it will be quickly transported to the designated hospital by ambulance.
Zhang Shihu, medical manager of the National Bobsleigh Center, said, "It is 22 kilometers from the venue to the designated hospital, and we will notify the transportation department during the transfer to ensure that the traffic is smooth, basically within 20 minutes we can get to the designated hospital." ”
Overlooking Genting Ski Park in the snow. Photo by Shu Wen
During the Winter Olympics, Zhangjiakou will host skiing and biathlon events. The International Snow Federation (FIS) emphasizes the concept of "rapid transfer" in the FIS Medical Work Guide, in short, that is, the main goal of dealing with any accident or injury is to send the injured person to the nearest hospital as soon as possible, and the degree of on-site treatment is determined according to the expected transfer time. In this regard, the corresponding competition areas and venues of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games have made transfer plans.
For example, during the previous test match, in addition to setting up 14 fixed medical stations and 29 FOP (competition venue) medical stations in the two major venues of Genting and Guyangshu, Zhangjiakou Also built a three-dimensional rescue network of land aviation, and used medical helicopters to cooperate with ambulance rescue in the event of an emergency.
The Winter Olympic Ski Medical Support "Dream Team" is composed of medical personnel with exquisite medical skills and skiing skills. Courtesy of Yanqingrong Media Center
Unlike the general medical protection of the Games, the guarantee doctors of the Winter Olympic SkiIng Program must not only treat diseases and save people, but also ski, and they are called "ski doctors". In the event of an accident, the "ski doctor" wears a ski and carries 10 kilograms of equipment to the rescue. For the Beijing Winter Olympics, they also formed a ski medical protection dream team.
If there is an accident in a ski race, the referee will notify the departure area of the track to suspend the game. After the race, the track team leader will determine the location of the athlete's injury and notify the ski doctor, who will arrive at the athlete's side as soon as possible within 4 minutes for emergency treatment and injury assessment. In order to ensure the safety of athletes, these "ski doctors" need to undergo many special exercises.
Pictured is the National Bobsleigh Center. Photo by China News Service reporter Tomita
In addition, Beijing has also increased the training of medical security personnel in winter Olympic knowledge, English proficiency, skiing skills and so on. All 40 ski doctors have reached the international rescue level, and 1900 medical personnel have basic first aid capabilities.
The Village is also equipped with a comprehensive clinic, covering 18 disciplines such as emergency, physiotherapy and rehabilitation, imaging, traditional Chinese medicine, and dentistry, to meet the needs of 16 hours a day basic outpatient clinic and 24 hours of emergency treatment after the start of the competition.
Yanqing Hospital, the Third Hospital of Peking University, transformed a 12,000-square-meter independent ward building into a Winter Olympic medical center, with 72 beds, supporting CT and MRI equipment, operating rooms, nucleic acid sampling, and fever clinics. Beijing Anzhen Hospital has vacated 104 beds to become a special area for the Winter Olympics, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Beijing Shijitan Hospital, etc. have adjusted the layout of the hospital, set up ward areas, equipped with special CT, nuclear magnetic and other equipment, and built a negative pressure hybrid operating room. (Bian Liqun)