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didactic training and 8 to 52 hours of practical training over   •  Including POCUS training in the MNs’ curriculum should
          2 years. More than half of the US examinations performed in   be useful to improve the management of patients in deteri­
          the field by combat medics were musculoskeletal, assessing for   orated situations.
          fractures (39/109) and soft­tissue applications (22/109) to dis­
          criminate abscesses, cellulitis, and foreign bodies in wounds.   Disclaimer
          None of the MNs surveyed during our study mentioned their   The views expressed are solely those of the authors and do
          interest in acquiring these two applications, probably because   not reflect the official policy or position of the French Armed
          of the lack of information on US use in these pathologies.   Forces.
          On the other hand, FAST and e­FAST examinations were the
          second­highest frequency examinations performed (34/109),   Ethics Approval
          matching the desire of our MNs to acquire the technique. That   This observational study was waived from ethics board
          encouraging experience led the US MPs to develop a 24­hour   approval.
          curriculum of didactic and hands­on US training for Special
          Operations medics: the Special Operator Level Clinical Ultra­  Funding
          sound (SOLCUS).                                    The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research
                                                             from any funding agency in the public, commercial, or not­for­
          Our study has some limitations. First, it would have been   profit sectors.
          preferable to have a larger sample to gather additional feed­
          back and give more power to our survey. Second, our survey   Conflicts of Interest
          was distributed to the MNs by their head physicians and thus   All authors declare no conflicts of interest
          could be prone to bias from their encouraging participation or
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