Edukacijski poligon "Kabinet vještina" Educational polygon "Skills lab"

Simulators and simulations have become an integral and indispensable part of medical education and research. Specialized educational polygons for training of certain medical skills using simulators and simulations, which cannot be fully mastered during stay at clinical departments or during clinical teaching, exist in most medical schools and univer- sity hospitals in Western Europe and USA. One of the most important segments in the edu- cation of medical students and other health care professionals is cardiopulmonary resuscita- tion (CPR). Because of specific importance and inability to learn CPR procedures on patients, it is necessary to enable students and course trainees education on sophisticated models (called "dolls or models") in classroom exclusively created for this purpose. Such education- al polygon, for training of cardiopulmonary resuscitation procedures, was established in 2001. In Rijeka and was named "Skills lab". Today in the world there is an increasing need for simulation training centers that are maximally equipped and adapted for education of non-medical staff ("medical-laics") with a goal to educate people to be able to provide a first and necessary assistance in CPR at the scene of event.