SOMA

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http://www.soma.org/

nuff said!

[outreachmedic]

hey are you affliated with this organization at all????

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affiliated? - I wouldn't exactly say "affiliated"... we have a special forces medic that's a regular poster here - when he's not in some remote part of the world or on training exercises somewhere (we never ask where, just when are you going to be back, sometimes...) and I posted something on their web site to the effect of "ya'all drop on by" - so I'm sure we have a few more readers from that community, that are lurkers at this time, unfortunately :sad: Basically, we share an interest in austere medicine and anyone from any community with that interest is welcome here to learn and share information on topics related to that. Please check your politics and religious beliefs at the door.

[SwedeGlocker]

Any more info about SOMA. Their webpage dont say much.Any members on this forum?

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this from a 1996 CONTOMS newsletter:

Special Operations Medical Association
The Special Operations Medical Association (SOMA) has contacted the CONTOMS program to advise us that their programs are open to CONTOMS program graduates and other interested parties. They have low cost, high quality training which meets the requirements of NREMT and AMA Category 1 CME credits.

SOMA is a nonprofit corporation. One of their goals has been to actively solicit input from all the military services as well from the law enforcement special operations community.

This year's annual meeting is from December 7 - 10, 1996, in Fayetteville, North Carolina.

A sample of conference topics include:


Civil-Military Innovative Readiness Training Programs

Medical Operations During Operation Restore Hope, Somalia

A Futurists View of Military Medicine

Hemorrhage Control in Trauma Patients

Biological Warfare in the Twentieth Century: Lessons From the Past, Challenges for the Future

Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Practicum

Operation Joint Endeavor: The CCTT Experience

Medical Response to the Khobar Towers Attack: The New Modular Approach in Action

Small Volume Resuscitation of Hypovolemic Shock

Investigating Scuba Diving Fatalities

Tactical Combat Casualty Care in Special Operations

Diagnosis and Treatment of Cutaneous Fungal Infections

For more information contact:

Special Operations Medical Association
162 Compton Rd.
Murfeesboro, TN 37130
Phone: (615) 890-9227
Fax: (615) 893-2490
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I can verify that the address is still current, I don't know about those phone numbers.
I was given this number as a POC for possibly subscribing to their journal:
813-828-5442 (current Nov/Dec 2001)
OK - you motivated me, correct number, however this is for the "Journal of Special Operations Medicine", that is a military publication and is not associated with SOMA, which is a civilian organization and open to civilians, though almost everyone in SOMA is military and subscribes to this journal.

JSOM often contains articles written by SOMA members or about SOMA.

Back issues are available, except for the first issue. Inquiries for subscriptions and back issues should be e-mailed to:

jsom@socom.mil
attn: CPT Parsons
include:
what you are interested in.
your mailing address
a note about your background (medical and military, if any)

subscriptions and back issues MAY not be available to foreign nationals - doesn't hurt to ask... It might also depend on what country you are from.

As to SOMA itself, the outgoing treasurer is Lt. Col. Dale Hamilton. The above address and phone numbers may be his. Effective next month, the POC is:
Jay Servais
w) 615-399-5673
h) 615-443-1257

this is the person you should get in touch with if you are interested in attending the SOMA conferences or training’s. SOMA itself does not have any proceedings or other publications.

If you do a google search on "Special Operations Medical Association" you will come up with a number of pages. The most interesting of which are probably the CV's for various individuals, as these frequently have lists of articles these people have written. Many of these articles will be in the journal: "Military Medicine".

members on the board? - I believe we have 2, but I'll leave it up to them if they want to identify themselves.

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from a SEAL Medic BBS that has dissapeared since 9/11:

From: DuGuay, Michelle D. Capt [mailto:DuGuayM@socom.mil]

Subject: JSOM article status



Sirs,

We have been getting rave reviews on the content of the journal but we are now reaching the end of our repository. We are in need of articles to keep this journal alive and healthy. Please keep in mind that this is the first ever SOF Medical Journal and it is a quarterly production. e journal

Is aimed at the SOF medic (but the audience will include all medical folks in

SOF, or who work with SOF, or who have done so in the past), and will include, but not be limited to:

- Updates from the component surgeons

- Training and Education

- Operations

- SOF medical R&D updates

- Professional feature medical articles (infectious disease

articles, "how to" stuff, fluid use in trauma, latest treatment regimens, etc.)

- Dental section

- Preventive Medicine

- Legacy

- Expedient Medic

- "I was there" articles (a chance for medics/docs, etc. to tell

their stories) - Humor section (real life humorous stories from SOF

medicine)

-Correspondence

- Editorials

- SOMA Updates

- Update from JSOMTC (JSOMTC Dean's section)

- Photo gallery (for people to submit shots of themselves doing SOF

medical stuff -- a way to establish a legacy)

- SOF medic quiz

- Dedication to a fallen SOF Medic





We're looking for contributors for the upcoming quarterly editions of the Journal of Special Operations Medicine. Please write a one to three page article on any of the above. Include your shoulder-and-above picture to accompany your article along with a brief bio. Also send photos if

available, with a brief description. We started offering continuing education hours in the Summer Edition of the journal, due out the first week of Sep. This will be an additional way to assist all medical personnel in accruing there needed hours. If you did not receive your Spring Edition please let me know so we can get it out in the mail to you. Thank you for all your help in making the JSOM a SOF success!


Very Respectfully,

Capt. Michelle DuGuay, USAFR NC

Production Editor

Journal of Special Operations Medicine

USSOCOM / SOCS-SG

Comm-813-828-7544

DSN-299-7544

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http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:mkZLaA9q5NwC:www.8427.com/archive/Fall01JSOM-final.pdf+Fall01JSOM-final.pdf+archives&hl=en

I bet if you played with the month and year part of those URL's a bunch more could be found...

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ah! - happiness! got this responce today:

I've added you to our distro list. At this time, there is no cost but in the
future that may change. You will be notified if this occurs.
I'm sending you issues that we have available thru Fall 01. The Spring JSOM
is not back from reproduction at this time but it should be going out in the
next few weeks.

Deborah A. Parsons, Capt, USAFR, NC
Journal of Special Operations Medicine
USSOCOM Surgeon's Office


btw: was anyone able to get additional issues to pop out by playing with the above URL? I was not able to.