China News Service, Beijing, February 20 (Zhang Yilin) Since the opening of the Beijing Winter Olympics, the medical security of the Beijing Winter Olympics has been frequently praised by foreign athletes and coaches.
The chief medical officer of the International Olympic Committee commented on Chinese doctors as "changing patients' lives"; when the injured foreign expert was discharged from the hospital, he wrote a message for the medical treatment team: He has never received such good care... "Out of the circle" of the Beijing Winter Olympics Can medical insurance work, why is it so good?
The ski doctor carried out medical rescue on the track.
Image source: WeChat public account of Peking University School of Medicine.
Race against time for alpine ski doctor to debut at Winter Olympics
On the alpine skiing arena of the Beijing Winter Olympics, there is a team of doctors with excellent medical and skiing skills. They are dressed in orange coats and carry more than 10 kilograms of medical kits. They are very eye-catching on the snowy track. They are the first batch of alpine skiing doctors in China - the "Dream Team of Winter Olympics Skiing Medical Insurance".
According to the requirements of the International Ski Federation, after an injury occurs during the competition, the ski doctor must arrive at the athlete within 4 minutes, transfer the injured person off the track within 15 minutes, and transport the injured person to the medical station within 20 minutes.
The alpine ski race tracks are long, with high drops and very steep slopes.
How to lock the location of the wounded, arrive at the treatment site for emergency treatment, and then quickly transfer the wounded to the treatment center at the first time of an accident?
In 2018, the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee organized two registration tests for skiing skills training for medical staff. According to skiing skills, majors, and foreign language levels, the principles of anesthesia, orthopedics, extracerebral, thoracic surgery, and other majors were given priority. 72 people were selected to form the "Dream Team of Winter Olympics Skiing Medical Insurance".
They have not only superb rescue skills, but also excellent skiing skills, and can quickly arrive at the scene for treatment.
Yuan Qiang, a doctor from the Beijing Winter Olympics ski medical security team, once told the media that many ski doctors have passed the international certification of ski instructor qualifications after one or two years of training.
According to media reports, American athlete Nina O'Brien suffered serious injuries after an unfortunate fall in the women's giant slalom in alpine skiing, breaking her ribs and left leg.
The ski doctor crossed the finish area in just 1 minute and rushed to her side to provide her with timely and professional treatment.
After the successful operation, Nina O'Brien also expressed her gratitude to the first responders and medical staff at the scene on social media, "I want to thank everyone who took care of me, especially those who rushed to my side at the end of the competition area, And the doctors and nurses in Yanqing."
Medical rescue teams rescue Nina O'Brien.
Image source: WeChat public account of Peking Union Medical College Hospital
Coordination and linkage to demonstrate the responsibility of the participants
Excellent medical security services, from the medical stations of various venues established by the Winter Olympics (mainly first aid) - Olympic Village polyclinics (non-emergency general and specialist diagnosis and treatment, as well as some first aid) - designated hospitals (severe injuries and critical care and rehabilitation treatment) ) medical service system.
In order to ensure the guarantee of the Winter Olympics, 41 medical institutions in Beijing and Hebei Province have become designated hospitals for the Beijing Winter Olympics and the Winter Paralympic Games.
More than 3,100 medical staff from various hospitals participated in the medical security work of the Winter Olympics, distributed in 3 general outpatient clinics and medical stations in 138 competition venues.
A complete Winter Olympics first aid chain has been formed to meet the 24-hour emergency treatment needs at any time.
Qi Shiming, director of the Medical and Health Department of the Games Service Department of the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee, once introduced that after repeated research, the Winter Olympics Organizing Committee finally decided to learn from the experience of the medical consortium to achieve overall arrangements.
All competition venues and non-competition venues are arranged with top three hospitals to take the lead in guaranteeing, and also have cooperative hospitals, so that everyone can join forces and give full play to the advantages of each hospital in diagnosis and treatment.
For example, according to the information released by the Organizing Committee of the Winter Olympics, ice hockey may hurt teeth. Beijing's Stomatological Hospital was selected as the main responsible unit. Alpine skiing is prone to fractures and multiple injuries. Peking University People's Hospital, which is known for sports trauma, Jishuitan Hospital, which specializes in orthopedics, serves as a venue guarantee hospital.
At the same time, the Winter Olympics also established China's first Winter Olympics medical rescue helicopter support team.
On the 10th, a Swiss athlete was injured in the game.
The Beijing 999 medical transfer helicopter participated in the rescue and transported the injured athletes to the designated hospital in the competition area in only 8 minutes, gaining valuable time for the rescue of the athletes.
In addition, while doing a good job in emergency protection, daily doping testing and epidemic prevention work are also being carried out in a scientific and orderly manner.
To ensure the fair competition of the Winter Olympics, doping control officers have to come into close contact with athletes from all over the world, and the risk of contracting the new crown is very high.
Wang Lijun, a doping inspector from the Capital Institute of Pediatrics, said, "Behind every medal is the silent contribution of doping prosecutors. As a silent referee, we ensure the fairness of the competition in another way."
International Olympic Committee President Bach recently praised the Beijing Winter Olympics for epidemic prevention, "The closed-loop management of the Beijing Winter Olympics has been very successful, and it can be said to be one of the safest places in the world."
Medical rescue team.
Image source: WeChat public account of Peking Union Medical College Hospital
Technology Winter Olympics Digitalization Improves Medical Security Level
"The medical insurance for the snow sports in the Beijing Winter Olympics is almost top-notch." On February 9, Jenny Schutter, vice chairman of the International Snow Federation Medical Committee, gave such an evaluation.
In fact, all aspects of first aid, medical care, and medicine involved in the Beijing Winter Olympics are inseparable from digital support.
Smart emergency shelters and 5G ambulances were set up at the Beijing Winter Olympics.
Among them, the intelligent emergency shelter is about 20 square meters in size, and has functions such as frostbite and heat production, rewarming, and maxillofacial trauma CT scanning.
Peng Xin, head of the comprehensive prevention and key technology research project for frostbite and maxillofacial trauma at the Winter Olympics and professor of oral and maxillofacial surgery at Peking University School of Stomatology, once told the media that the project is based on an intelligent diagnosis and treatment platform based on medical big data and artificial intelligence, which can effectively Improve the stability and response time of disease diagnosis and treatment, and improve the level of on-site treatment at the Winter Olympics.
At the same time, experts based on 5G network and voice intelligent prompt technology remotely review the network platform, with short response time and accurate diagnosis and treatment decisions, which solves the problem of uncertainty in artificial intelligence diagnosis and ensures the efficiency and professionalism of treatment in mobile shelters.
The 5G ambulance can realize "admission" when boarding the car. While medical staff diagnose and treat patients, the telemedicine platform can transmit their ultrasound images and vital signs data to the command hall and the corresponding hospital in real time. In-hospital experts cloud consultation and remote guidance for emergency work.
A professional and scientific medical team, a coordinated and linked rescue system, and high-tech equipment such as 5G ambulances and intelligent emergency shelters have enabled the Winter Olympics medical security under the epidemic to be empowered by technology.
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