On February 12, moderate snow fell in Zhangjiakou Racing District. What is the impact of snowfall on the race, and does it make it more difficult to ensure medical care for the event? The reporter of the main station followed a medical rescue team to protect the Genting Ski Park, and recorded the work status of the ski doctors who braved the wind and snow and set off at any time.
This morning (12th), it snowed at the Genting Ski Park in Zhangjiakou, and the quarterfinals of the snowboard sled chasing mixed team were being held here. An Australian athlete fell and was injured while sliding, and the medical team at the venue launched an emergency rescue work.
Genting Ski Park Ski Doctor Qin Di: Her condition is a cervical cord injury, so they are now reporting the patient's condition to the medical station. He now had the medical station prepare an ambulance, ready for the neck rest.
Through transport, in the snowstorm, the athlete was successfully sent to the designated hospital in the competition area for treatment within 30 minutes. Qin Di told us that from a doctor to a ski doctor, each of them has received at least 3 years of ski training to ensure that they can glide efficiently to any position on the track.
Dong Shimin, medical officer of the Genting Ski Park venue: In view of this snowfall, first of all, we have made a big adjustment to the allocation of our medical personnel, for example, our next shift of personnel has drawn some parts to go up the mountain in advance, and the first batch of personnel has been combined into a large group, so that we have more personnel in the spot, the line of sight is more open, and we can find the effective disposal of the points of our injured athletes in the first time.
In addition to event rescue, ski doctors also provide medical coverage for athletes participating in training. In the event of an emergency, a ski doctor with sufficient equipment and medicine can rescue them directly on the slopes.
Genting Ski Park Ski Doctor Chen Chen: Fixed splints, fixed temperate zones, and some puncture needles for punctures, gauze.
Reporter: What was the most serious injury we dealt with here? What level can I go to?
Genting Ski Park Ski Doctor Chen Chen: Cardiac arrest caused by trauma, acute coma, loss of consciousness, we need to do airway management, cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
In the first aid kit, the medical staff deliberately attached some medicines to warm the baby. Avoid them from failing or freezing in an environment of minus 20 degrees Celsius. After the first time of simple treatment, the wounded will be fixed on the "lifeboat" and transported out by snowmobile.
Genting Ski Park Ski Doctor Li Qunxi: This (rescue) boat, there is a pair of vacuum stretchers, a vacuum deck, below is a thermal blanket, this is called spinal board, after the athlete is injured, the spine is damaged, the patient's spine needs to be fixed, needs a hard thing, this is the role.
During this storm, all 138 medical staff in the Genting stadium group were on duty to provide real-time medical assistance services. They are like athletes fighting on the Winter Olympic track, highly nervous and striving for good results.
Genting Ski Park Ski Doctor Zhang Xin: There are many aspects that are quite difficult, because we are all doctors working in the hospital, cold, to ski, to start quickly, and to communicate with international medical and patrol members, everything is new, it is difficult, but interesting, more meaningful.
【Source: CCTV News Client】