12月13日，北京市紅十字會與警方聯(lián)手合作的“紅十字急救員培訓(xùn)”正式啟動。北京警方將通過此項活動對近萬名基層警員進行現(xiàn)場自救互救培訓(xùn)，熟練掌握急救方面的知識和技能，做到一旦出現(xiàn)突發(fā)事件或危機情況，最大限度地提供救護幫助。

10,000 Beijing police to receive first aid training ahead of Olympics

More than 10,000 police in Beijing will receive first aid training programs amid efforts to ensure a safer Olympics in 2008, according to the municipal public security authorities.

The first batch of around 1,000 policemen on Wednesday began their two-day training program at Beijing Police College, said Zheng Weiping, vice president of the college.

Zheng said the policemen will learn basic first aid skills including artificial respiration, treatment of acute diseases and minor injuries and also self defence and emergency procedures.

He said the second batch of 1,000 traffic police in the suburban districts and counties of Changping, Tongzhou, Shunyi, and Yanqing will attend the program at the end of this month.

The police authorities said on Wednesday that it will start allocating policemen to more then 100 venues for the Olympics next August, a year before the Games.

They said the police will carry out mock exercises as Beijing hosts more than 20 sporting events in the second half of 2007.

About 90,000 policemen are expected to be called up to protect the 2008 Olympics and the security budget is expected to reach 300 million U.S. dollars, accounting for one fifth of the total costs, according to the organizing committee of the 2008 Olympic Games.

Vocabulary :

first batch： 首批，第一批

artificial respiration：人工呼吸急救法

acute diseases：急性病

suburban districts：遠郊區(qū)縣

budget：預(yù)算

(xinhua)


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