It was one of the youngest events at the Winter Olympics. Here, athletes have to slide down 85 meters at full speed from the jumping area with a vertical height of 48 meters and a slope of 30 degrees, and after completing the rotation and grasping skills in the air, they land smoothly in the falling area of 38 degrees on the slope, which is called "crazy extreme sports" by foreign team doctors.
The starting height and landing slope of the Shougang Ski Jumping Platform challenge the medical protection of extreme sports on the snow
Here, there is such a team, when Gu Ailing and Su Yiming win the championship, although they are close at hand, they must stick to their posts, and can only wait for the last spectator to leave the field and take a photo with the miracle track as a souvenir. Without much security experience to learn from, it protects the health and safety of athletes on the field and spectators outside the arena.
On February 15th, "Crystal Shoes" will complete all the events of the Olympic Games, and the medical security team from Beijing Tiantan Hospital affiliated to Capital Medical University will successfully complete its mission and will bid farewell to Shougang...
"Secret" preparation for more than 300 days
According to the schedule, starting from the freestyle ski jump on February 7 to the final of the snowboard jump on February 15, shougang ski jump has a total of 4 events, the schedule is not long, but the medical security preparation work has begun from a year ago.
Shougang Ski Jumping Track Rescue Transport Drill
"This is the only snow venue in Beijing, and it is all new projects, and there is very little experience in medical protection and treatment of venues that can be used as a reference." Kang Shuai, the medical officer of the venue and director of the human resources department of Beijing Tiantan Hospital, said that in order to familiarize the venue and treatment process as soon as possible, from about March 2021, the medical security team began to carry out technical preparations and various deductions.
There are a total of 74 members of the Shougang Ski Jumping Medical Security Team, who are responsible for the medical security of athletes and spectators, and at the beginning of the formation of the team, they fully considered various situations that may occur. In addition to the backbone of neurosurgery such as Kang Shuai, the medical officer of the venue, and Wang Hao, the deputy medical officer, the members of the security team also came from the medical staff of orthopedics, maxillofacial surgery, general surgery, cardiology, breathing, emergency and other professions. On the one hand, it can meet the needs of trauma treatment, on the other hand, it can also cope with the treatment of common internal medicine diseases.
The medical security team discusses the technical details of the rescue
"There are four medical stations on the Shougang Ski Jump: two FOP (Trackside Medical Stations) one next to the jump platform and one in the end zone; there is also an athletes' medical station and an spectator medical station." Kang Shuai introduced that from the experience of previous years, the landing area is the most dangerous and critical place, and the most difficult is the platform area in the middle section, where there is a steep slope of nearly 40 degrees, "It is difficult for people to climb up, not to mention the transfer." ”
In the next 300 days, with the help of the Winter Olympic Organizing Committee and hospitals, the medical security team collected as much experience as possible in event support, fully imagined various possible emergencies on the other hand, repeatedly discussed and rehearsed various details of the emergency plan and each closing action, and each link was required to be accurate to the second.
"When we got to the field, when there was an accident, we were in the spotlight like the athletes. As far as possible to reduce the pain of the injured, quick and efficient treatment, our every move shows the professionalism and mental outlook of Chinese medical workers, so there is no ambiguity at all. Kang Shuai said.
Enter the arena and meet the "decisive battle"
Since December 1, 2021, the support team has successively entered the Shougang Ski Jumping Platform; just after the "small year" of the lunar calendar, the "big troops" are all in place.
"It's so beautiful!" As soon as they arrived at the arena, the team members were amazed by the "snow flying sky" covered with snow. But before they could get excited, the team members were pulled to the medical station and began the "real knife and real gun" drill.
Ski jump ramp boat stretcher fixed
How to remove the injured person's snowboard while protecting the fixed upper limb, how to coordinate the thinking to ensure the height posture of the team members when lifting the injured spinal board on the slope, how to protect the privacy of the athletes at any time during the rescue process, how to make the boat stretcher weighing up to 300 pounds "obedient"...
The use of neck supports, fixing braces, spine plates, the handling of the wounded... Some of the easy jobs in the operating room, in the cold, slippery snow, make these excellent doctors seem clumsy. "If you want to be at ease, there is no other way but to practice repeatedly." Wang Hao, deputy medical officer, said that every drill, the team had to record from multiple angles, and everyone repeatedly practiced against the problems in the video and continuously improved.
"Wrestling, sweating, and even bleeding are commonplace, but no one has ever cried bitterness, but they are all holding their breath." Team member Zeng Zheng said. During this time, Kang Shuai and Wang Hao, the two medical officers, often began to work from 6 a.m. to the early morning of the next day, and the lights in the room even stayed up all night.
Zhou Jianxin, Chief Medical Officer of the Beijing Winter Olympics and Executive Vice President of Beijing Tiantan Hospital, led the Medical Committee of the International Olympic Organizing Committee to inspect
Zhou Jianxin, chief medical officer of the Winter Olympics and executive vice president of Beijing Tiantan Hospital, has repeatedly visited the Shougang Ski Jump to guide the work of the medical security team. Due to the challenge and danger of the big jump project, FOP medical rescue has also received special attention from the officials of the IOC Science and Medical Committee, who have examined and highly affirmed the equipment and medicines, rescue processes and emergency plans of the support team, and the doctors of the IOC emergency professional have taught the support team new knowledge and rescue points.
The effect of the hard practice is obvious, the team members cooperate more and more tacitly, and the rescue efficiency and effect are getting better and better. While everyone was secretly relieved, Ritchie, the head of the International Snow Federation competition who went to the field to assess the rescue work, gave the team two "problems".
"Richie personally simulated injured athletes and asked two questions: the starting plane is 12 meters above the ground, if the athlete falls here, the injury will be very serious, how can the injured be transported smoothly to the falling area for rescue with the fastest speed; the athlete falls on the slope at an inclined angle of nearly 40 degrees, curling his body due to pain and anxiety, how to safely fix the athlete and prevent the athlete and rescuer from slipping off the ramp?" Kang Shuai said that this "blow to the head" made the support team wake up again.
After repeated design and practice by the team, Ritchie's questions were satisfactorily answered. "Our preparations have been recognized by the IOC and the International Snow Federation, who believe that our handling is accurate, that the fixation and transit are very professional, safe and fast, and that we are a united and well-equipped team, a medical team with an Olympic spirit." This is the best New Year's gift for the safeguards team.
Shougang Ski Jump medical security team celebrates the Chinese New Year in 2022
The lunar Chinese New Year's Eve, and the security team spent time on the snow. Depart at 6:00 a.m. and all 30 will be seated at 6:30 a.m. When the "athletes" slid down the track, they were suddenly unexpected, and the FOP team performed their duties to quickly and effectively transport the "injured"... A full-element drill on the snow became the most memorable Chinese New Year's Eve memory of all the team members.
At the end of the drill, Wang Yongjun, president of Beijing Tiantan Hospital, sent New Year blessings to the support team through video, and the condolences prepared by the hospital trade union were also sent to every team member; the team members opened a simple party for themselves in their free time to welcome the arrival of the new year in their busy work.
Hello, Beijing Winter Olympics!
The Winter Olympics are really coming!
"When an athlete falls on the field, the referee aborts the game and signals medical intervention!"
"The FOP called the medical officer, Dr. Wu Ruiqing, who had entered the arena to inspect the injured."
"The injured person's right leg is painful and unable to walk after landing on the ground, and needs to be transported!"
The FOP doctor guides the next step of treatment for the injured athlete on a quick physical examination
At 8:51, the medical team entered the scene with a spinal plate, neck support and first aid kit, transported the injured to the outside of the venue within 2 minutes, and the game continued; ensuring that the team member and orthopedic doctor Zeng Zheng quickly assessed the injury.
"The FOP called the medical officer and suspected that the injured person had a damage to the lateral ligament of the right knee and needed to be transferred to a designated hospital for further examination and treatment."
At this point, the hour hand points to 8:56. After 15 minutes, the injured person was transferred to a designated hospital, and half an hour later, imaging tests showed that the lateral ligament of the right knee was ruptured and treatment measures were taken quickly.
Starting from the first Winter Olympic training day on February 3, such a scene often appeared on the Shougang Ski Jump, led by Chu Junsheng, chief physician of neurosurgery, and Yang Zhifeng, chief nurse of the International Medical Department, led by 16 medical backbones and 4 university volunteers, the FOP medical station and track medical point team undertook the forefront tasks of rescue and medical security of the competition venue; at this time, the audience medical security work has also started.
"Every day at 6 o'clock to the venue, deploy the work of each point, wait for the audience to enter; after the last spectator leaves the venue, check the equipment and venue, and then we leave." Team member Du Wanliang said that although it seems simple, every day's support work is testing the observation and patience of the team members. At the same time, the audience protection team outside the closed loop also connected with the hospital and the team inside the closed loop to establish a guarantee chain for the supplementary supply of backup medical supplies.
FOP Emergency Track Transport Injured Athletes
The time to make history is here! On February 8, Chinese athlete Gu Ailing won the gold medal with 188.25 points in the final of the women's big jump in freestyle skiing, and in the final of the men's big jump in snowboarding at the Beijing Winter Olympics on February 15, The Chinese team's Su Yiming won the gold medal!
Just as the audience is plunged into a sea of joy, the nearby support team must remain calm. "We have a point where we can see the broadcast, Gu Ailing won the championship we are all very excited, but as long as the audience does not leave, we can never forget our responsibilities, can only put the cheers in our hearts." Du Wanliang said. Until all the spectators left, the staff of the security team had free time to take a group photo against the background of Gu Ailing's championship-winning big jump to commemorate this historical moment.
"We were protected at the moment of winning the championship, and most people could see that exciting moment, especially the FOP medical station, which was probably the clearest." But everyone on the team tried their best to restrain their emotions and insist on completing their tasks, "so that everyone can see the professionalism of Chinese medical workers," Kang Shuai said.
"February 8th, Final Day! The blue sky in Beijing is particularly gorgeous, and Gu Ailing swoops down from the apex of the big jump platform, like a frightening and graceful dragon. Witness the gold medal moment, how much blood and sweat the guardians on the north side of the 'Crystal Shoe' have shed are worth it! Team member Zeng Zheng wrote.
On February 15, the Shougang Ski Jump completed the competition task of this Winter Olympic Games, which was a perfect ending, and the medical security team will also be ready to return to their duties and return to the clinic and operating table. Wonderful competitions and hard work leave an indelible memory for everyone in the team. "The 'ice pier' has arrived, and I will go to 'grab' one when it is over!" When it comes to the desire to complete the task, everyone says the same thing.