PURPOSE OF REVIEW The article presents the method we developed to improve emergency medical service personnel training. RECENT FINDINGS Following the introduction of new prehospital protocol for emergency medical services that initially dramatically improved survival of patients with witnessed out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, we found that without an adequate training and retraining program, s...

The paper is devoted to the study of modern educational technologies used train specialists in transportation industry. prerequisites for updating and supplementing existing are considered. Critical skills various modes transport identified. challenges global socio-economic architecture that dictate updated requirements environment defined. A review world practice training personnel industry wa...

BACKGROUND Personnel in Armed Forces entities such as the US Coast Guard (USCG) engage in strenuous tasks requiring high levels of physiological and psychological fitness. Previous reports have found increased prevalence of dietary supplement (DS) use by military personnel to meet the demands of their occupation. OBJECTIVE This study assessed DS prevalence and patterns of use in USCG personne...