Qatar hosts FIA medical seminar for ME MENA

10/10/2015 1:05:03 AM

(MENAFN- The Peninsula)QMMF President and FIA Vice-President for MENA Nasser bin Khalifa Al Attiyah along with delegates at FIA Institute medical seminar in Doha recently.

Doha: The latest FIA Institute medical seminar for the Middle East (ME) and North Africa (MENA) region featured two days of presentations and practical demonstrations at the Losail International Circuit in Qatar recently.

Delegates at the conference included motor sport medical personnel from around the region who listened to presentations given by senior motor sport safety officials. They also took part in workshops and simulations to practice important extrication skills.

Dr Michael Scholz Medical Chairman of the Deutscher Motor Sport Bund and Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of the German Grand Prix spoke about the planning stages necessary for safety in motor sport.

Dr Scholz also discussed other safety procedures during a motor sport event that include: doping control the drivers’ briefing and weather and other natural hazards.

Jean Duby CMO of the FIA World Rally Championship covered the varied aspects of rally safety for competitors spectators and officials including the extrication techniques used in rally events and the organisational structures for rally and other off-road events. Dr Amjad Obeid Bahrain Motor Federation Chief Medical Officer discussed the correct procedure for the selection of medical staff which included how to fully prepare the medical team for the event and the correct accident management procedures. The seminar also featured practical demonstrations and exercises in extrication utilising the FIA’s medical extrication simulators for closed car and open wheel racing. The second day of the event included simulation work on track with an exercise involving a car going into barrier and a difficult extrication.

Nasser bin Khalifa Al Attiyah President of Qatar Motor and Motorcycle Federation (QMMF) and FIA Vice-President for MENA who opened the event said: “We were very happy to host this seminar in Qatar for the first time and I’m sure everybody is leaving with a good experience of our region as well as knowledge and skills to take back to their organisations. We really need our doctors and medical officials to be in good shape because a successful motor sport organisation will not succeed without them.”

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