12-09-2009, 09:25
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SOMA '09
Anyone else going to SOMA at the end of the week?
If so, would you like to tag-team to summarize relevant and frontline information presented?
Let me know, and we can "divide and conquer".
I think it would be a great resource to others on this board.
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12-09-2009, 09:46
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I won't be going but some of my friends will be there. Stop by booth #22 and sign up for the M4 they are raffling off. You can check it out HERE.
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12-09-2009, 12:24
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Thanks Papa Zero Three. Will do.
Incidentally, here's the agenda. http://www.trueresearch.org/soma/200...ogram_book.pdf
This year's focus is on "Medical Lessons Learned from the Asymmetrical Battlefield".
The conference begins Saturday, ends Tuesday, and will be followed by the Blast Conference on Wednesday.
If you are not going and there's anything specific you need or want from the conference, PM me (please limit this to 18-series and medical personnel).
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12-13-2009, 17:54
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I first went to SOMA in 1994 when it was still at Bragg. This year marks my fourth conference. I can't believe how large it's become and it just keeps getting bigger.
In 1994, with very few deployments, there couldn't have been more than a couple hundred people. This year it looks like we're pushing 1,000 despite a very demanding op tempo. The number of foreign nationals is impressive. I've seen many from Israel, Sweden, Canada, Germany, the UK, etc....
I'm not going to cover every lecture, but want to pull out a few pertinent points from the most important ones as far as operational and tactical medicine is concerned.
There is no syllabus (hardcopy or CD/DVD/USB), there are no lecture notes, and there are no handouts. So all my info is based on rapid fire note taking and may be incomplete.
So not to create a separate thread for each lecture and gum up the board, I'll instead post all notes here in this thread. However, I'll have a separate post with title within this thread for each lecture covered. (If that's acceptable to the moderators).
Please feel free to chime in.
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12-13-2009, 19:40
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Quote:
Originally Posted by olhamada
I'm not going to cover every lecture, but want to pull out a few pertinent points from the most important ones as far as operational and tactical medicine is concerned.
There is no syllabus (hardcopy or CD/DVD/USB), there are no lecture notes, and there are no handouts. So all my info is based on rapid fire note taking and may be incomplete.
So not to create a separate thread for each lecture and gum up the board, I'll instead post all notes here in this thread. However, I'll have a separate post with title within this thread for each lecture covered. (If that's acceptable to the moderators).
Please feel free to chime in.
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Doc - Cleared Hot! Thanks for your willingness to share. P.
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12-13-2009, 20:27
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Medical Lessons Learned – Northern Afghanistan
Roger that, Peregrino.
Presenter: MSG Henry Lukacs, German Army, Special Operations
Lecture: Medical Lessons Learned – Northern Afghanistan
Discussion of lessons learned during/after IED attack in Konduz. IED attack was used to set up ambush, but instead of stopping in kill zone, convoy of ANA and German SOF punched through, stopped after about 100 meters, set up perimeter to engage threats, evaluate casualties. Ambush was aborted since target force kept rolling. Resulted in several severe injuries (amputations, facial fractures, extremity fractures), and other minor injuries. No damage to body armor or underlying body parts. During casualty evaluation and stabilization, non-combat trained personnel succumbed to psychological stressors and collapsed causing SOF medics to have to evaluate/respond to imminent threats, attend to injured soldiers, and attend to collapsed physician. Air evacuation assets were distant and off-line, no support readily available, and CASEVAC took much longer than necessary.
Lessons Learned:
- Accompanying medical personnel should have combat training and experience so they are an asset and not a liability (everyone on the battlefield is a combatant – my own addition)
- MEDEVAC and support should be online prior to mission initiation and possibility of hostile engagement
- Punch through ambush to limit hostile fire effects
- Body armor saves lives
- Tourniquets save lives
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