The 24th Winter Olympic Games will kick off in Beijing on February 4, 2022.
The Sports Department of Chinanews.com launched a series of columns "Hundred Questions about Winter Olympics", aimed at popularizing Winter Olympic knowledge, answering hot questions, sharing interesting stories about ice and snow, and helping everyone have a better watching experience during the Beijing Winter Olympics.
The 69th Winter Olympics 100 Questions | What are the characteristics of the medical treatment for the Beijing Winter Olympics?
In the Olympic stadium, medical treatment is an important part of the protection of the event.
It not only escorts the athletes who chase their dreams, but is also a manifestation of the ability to run competitions.
The upcoming Beijing Winter Olympics will be held in the three major competition areas of Beijing, Yanqing and Zhangjiakou. There are a total of 7 major events, 15 sub-events, and 109 minor events. This puts high demands on medical treatment.
In the context of the epidemic, epidemic prevention measures will also become a large part of the medical treatment for the Beijing Winter Olympics.
Tinder display at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Han Haidan
To this end, a total of 88 medical stations have been set up in the Beijing competition area and the Yanqing competition area to provide on-site medical treatment and diversion of the wounded and sick.
The wounded and patients involved in the Winter Olympics will be divided into five categories: patients with confirmed and suspected new coronary pneumonia, patients with fever symptoms in the closed loop, other wounded patients in the closed loop, patients with fever symptoms outside the closed loop, and other wounded and sick outside the closed loop.
The 18 designated hospitals in Beijing will implement precise classification and treatment to avoid the crossing of the flow lines of patients with different risks.
After the start of the competition, 1188 medical staff and 840 hospital experts will be transferred from designated hospitals to provide timely and efficient medical services.
At the same time, 60 municipal experts and 10 academicians have been prepared to provide high-level technical support.
Ice sculpture works with the theme of the mascot of the Beijing Winter Olympics "Bingdun Dun" and the mascot of the Winter Paralympic Games "Snow Rongrong".
Image source: ICphoto
In addition, in accordance with the characteristics of different projects and different venues, the Beijing Winter Olympics medical insurance has also formulated the "one policy for each field" and "one policy for each hospital".
For example, the ice rink hall is equipped with medical staff including orthopedics, stomatology and other disciplines. At the same time, the ice rink hall is equipped with CT, dental chairs and other equipment.
Another example is the National Snow Sledding Center "Snow Dragon" located in the Yanqing competition area. The medical security team of this venue is composed of personnel from Peking University People’s Hospital and Beijing Emergency Center, covering brain surgery, orthopedics, emergency department, thoracic surgery and other departments. medical personnel.
The medical security command room is equipped with a video surveillance system. If an athlete is injured, the medical staff at the nearest medical station will be notified as soon as possible to arrive at the scene of the accident for first aid.
If the injury is serious, it will be quickly taken to the designated hospital by ambulance.
Zhang Shihu, medical manager of the National Snowmobile Center, said, “It is 22 kilometers from the venue to the designated hospital. We will notify the transportation department during the transfer to ensure smooth traffic. Basically, we can reach the designated hospital within 20 minutes.”
Overlooking the Yunding Ski Park in the snow.
Shu Wenshe
During the Winter Olympics, Zhangjiakou competition area will host ski and biathlon events.
The International Snow Federation (FIS) emphasized the concept of "fast transfer" in the "FIS Medical Work Guidance". In short, the main goal of handling any accident or injury is to send the injured to the nearest hospital as soon as possible. Determined based on the expected transit time.
In this regard, the corresponding competition areas and venues of the Beijing Winter Olympics have already prepared a transfer plan.
For example, during the previous test competition, in addition to 14 fixed medical stations and 29 FOP (competition venues) medical stations in the two major venues of Yunding and Guyangshu, Zhangjiakou competition area also built a three-dimensional army aviation rescue network. In the event of an emergency, a medical helicopter is used to cooperate with an ambulance for rescue.
The "Dream Team" for the Winter Olympics ski medical insurance is composed of medical personnel with superb medical skills and skiing skills.
Photo courtesy of Yanqing Rong Media Center
Different from the general medical insurance for sports games, the winter Olympic skiing event protection doctors must not only be able to treat illnesses and save people, but also ski. They are called "ski doctors."
In the event of an accident, the "ski doctor" must wear skis and carry 10 kilograms of equipment to rescue.
For the Beijing Winter Olympics, they also formed a ski medical insurance dream team.
If an accident occurs during a ski race, the chief referee will notify the starting area of the track to suspend the race.
After the race, the track leader will determine the athlete's injury point and notify the ski doctor that they will reach the athlete 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 accept many special exercises.
The picture shows the National Snowmobile and Sled Center.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Tomita
In addition, Beijing has also increased the training of winter Olympic knowledge, English proficiency, and skiing skills for medical security personnel.
All 40 ski doctors have reached the international level of rescue, and 1,900 medical security personnel have basic first aid capabilities.
The Winter Olympic Village is also equipped with a comprehensive clinic, covering 18 disciplines including emergency, physical therapy and rehabilitation, imaging, Chinese medicine, and dentistry to meet the 16-hour basic outpatient and 24-hour emergency treatment needs every day after the start of the competition.
Yanqing Hospital of Peking University Third Hospital transformed a 12,000-square-meter independent ward into the Winter Olympics Medical Center, with 72 beds, supporting CT and nuclear magnetic equipment, operating rooms, nucleic acid sampling, and fever clinics.
Beijing Anzhen Hospital retired 104 beds and transformed it into a special area for the Winter Olympics. Peking University People’s Hospital, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, and Beijing Shijitan Hospital adjusted the layout of the hospital and set up special wards areas, equipped with special CT, nuclear magnetic and other equipment. The negative pressure hybrid operating room and so on.
(Bian Liqun)