Sportsmanship reflects the spirit of athletes' pursuit of excellence, fair competition, and mutual respect, and is an important part of sports events. Indeed, ensuring the safety and health of participants is the top priority for sports events, big or small. The recent incident involving badminton star Zhang Zhijie also reflects the importance of providing timely medical care during competitions.
The following are some medical rescue tools and equipment that organizers of sports events usually need to prepare in advance:
1. Automated external defibrillator (AED): This is a device that can automatically analyze heart rhythm and give electric shocks when necessary during cardiac arrest. It is an important equipment for on-site first aid.
2. Cardiac defibrillator: Used to detect and treat arrhythmias, especially those severe arrhythmias that may cause cardiac arrest.
3. Ambulance bed: It is convenient for the rapid movement of the injured and can keep the injured stable during transportation.
4. First aid kit: Contains various basic first aid medicines and equipment, such as bandages, iodine, band-aids, painkillers, saline, etc.
5. Oxygen cylinder or oxygen supply equipment: Used to provide additional oxygen to the injured who have difficulty breathing.
6. Ice packs and hot packs: used to control swelling or relieve pain of soft tissue injuries.
7. Professional rescuers: The event organizer should ensure that there are enough rescuers on site, who should have professional first aid knowledge and skills.
8. Ambulances: on standby at all times to quickly send seriously injured athletes to the hospital.
9. Communication equipment: ensure that rescuers, coaches, referees and event organizers can communicate quickly and effectively.
10. Emergency evacuation plan: In large-scale events, there should be clear emergency evacuation routes and assembly points to quickly evacuate the crowd in the event of large-scale injuries or other emergencies.
11. Medical tents or rescue areas: provide privacy and a quiet treatment environment for the injured and sick.
12. Stretchers, wheelchairs or other transport tools: used when the injured and sick need to be transported from the scene to the hospital.
The organizer should develop a detailed medical rescue plan based on the scale of the event, the characteristics of the participants and possible emergencies, and ensure that all equipment and personnel are ready before the competition. Through these measures, the safety of athletes and spectators can be maximized and a positive sports spirit can be conveyed.