Analysis on the emergency medical services for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games opening ceremony
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1671-0282.2009.04.005
- VernacularTitle:2008北京奥运会开幕式应急医疗保障
- Author:
Bibo PENG
;
Shike HOU
;
Qing YU
;
Zhi CHENG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Olympic Games;
Opening Ceremony;
Emergency Medical Service;
2008;
Beijing
- From:
Chinese Journal of Emergency Medicine
2009;18(4):355-360
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To analyze the emergency medical services of the 2006 Olympic Came opening ceremony,and meanwhile to provide information and data for medical treatment at future international activities.Method About 120 000 people,consisting of athletes,actors,audience and staff,joined the opening ceremony.The emergency medical services were completed according to gathering regions,flowing directions,routes,and peaks,and the results were statistically analyzed.Results Twenty-two medical stations and 61 emergency medical supervising units provided pre-hospital services,and there turned out to be 573 patients during the opening ceremony.All of the patients were provided with emergent medical services on the spot,and some critically ill patients were sent to the local hospital after first aid.There was no death,serious.injuries,or chaos during the Opening Ceremony.Conchusions The foundation of emergency service is to set up a sound emergency response system.To successfully fulfill the minion.it is well-advised to enforce the pre-hospital human resources and emergency equipments,make serial trainings.collocate the medical station and supervising stands according to the the number of patients and its peak.
