Enlightenment for surgeon training in Chinese navy warship troops from independent duty corpsman in U.S. Navy / 第二军医大学学报

Independent duty corpsmans (IDCs) are mainly responsible for the primary health care service of United States Navy. United States Navy has established a set of strict system and accumulated rich practical experience in the selection and training of IDCs. The training modes and methods of IDCs can provide an important reference for the training of medical officers in Chinese navy warship troops. In this paper, we introduced the training modes of IDCs, and analyzed the problems and countermeasures of the training of medical officers in our navy warship troops in terms of talent cultivation, education and training system, curriculum reform, and teaching techniques by combining the actual situation of our navy.

Development of vest-style first-aid kit / 医疗卫生装备

This paper introduces the Vest-style First-aid Kit which are newly developed for PLA.Adopting a vest structure the Vest-style First-aid Kit has the advantages of fully freeing both hands,and being fit for the ship confined space.Basic performance experiments,ergonomics tests and army tryout were performed and the results showed that the vest-style first-aid kit was scientifically designed,and easy to use,suiting the body,obviously saving physical energy.It has a reasonably designed interior medicine layout and can fulfill the requirements of first-aid operations in naval ships.