Just as GE technologies will be supporting athletes at the London 2012 summer Olympic Games, as we described in our story yesterday, they’ll also literally be rolling along with the athletes during the winter games in Canada this February. GE has partnered with Vancouver 2010 to provide a high-tech mobile medical unit for Whistler-area venues during the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Peter Robertson, general manager of GE Healthcare Canada, provides a glimpse into the unit, which as you can see in the video below, has expanding sides that allow it to convert to a 12-bed clinic.

The $4.5-million mobile medical unit will be an extension of the on-site polyclinic center, which is staffed around the clock with doctors, specialists and nurses. The unit will provide immediate access to high-quality, diagnostic and patient monitoring equipment in addition to a surgical area that can be used in dire emergencies.

The 15.9-meter tractor-trailer can expand to 90 square meters and includes a recovery/triage area and intensive care unit, as well as an operating room with two independent surgical beds. A support trailer will also be stocked with 72 hours worth of surgical supplies and other equipment. Following the Games, the Province of British Columbia will purchase the unit from Olympic organizing committee.

* Read the announcement
* Learn more about the upcoming games
* Learn more about GE’s ongoing work with the Olympics
* Read “Olympic countdown begins: 1,000 days to London 2012” on GE Reports

Learn more about GE Healthcare’s technologies in these GE Reports stories:
* “GE launches eHealth unit to better connect clinical info”
* “Flu fighters: CDC picks GE Healthcare to track H1N1”
* “Scintillating tech: The world’s 1st high-def CT scanner”
* “Tackling access with Brivo imaging technologies”
* “A closer look at GE’s pocket-sized Vscan ultrasound”
* “GE announces cancer research; $250M fund; clinic aid”
* “Developing Health: A clinic grows in Brooklyn”