ABSTRACT
Providing medical services at Olympic, Paralympic and Commonwealth Games
is a truly unique challenge, on a scale unrivalled by any other public event. Not
only must the medical services cater to the highly specialised therapeutic needs
of up to 14,000 athletes during the Olympics and 4,500 athletes of the Paralympic
Games, but they must also supply the needs of accredited support staff, team
medical units, offi cials, and media.
