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Workshops FIGURE 7 Exhibition in the square of the École du Val-de-Grâce.
Besides these two sessions, A and B, the attendees joined mul-
tiple workshops proposed by the French SOF Medical Com-
mand and the Industry:
• “Trauma Brain Injury Management” (sponsored by ZOLL),
“Stop the Bleed” (SAM MEDICAL) (Figure 6), “Rapid Tri-
age—Wearable Enhanced Casualty Monitoring” (BLACK
SPACE TECHNOLOGY), “The Science Behind Celox”
(MEDTRADE), “High Fidelity Surgical Simulation P4P
‘Pulse for Practice’” (SIMEDYS), and “Advanced Medical
Post in High Mobility Conditions” (UTILIS).
• How to prepare my backpack for subaquatic operations,
for airborne operations, and for long pedestrian infiltra-
tions, and a tactical CBRN first aid kit.
• “Tactical and Prolonged Field Care High Fidelity Simu-
lation and Training Platform” (sponsored by TACMED
SOLUTIONS), “Management Patient in the Battlefield”
(INMANIBUSMEIS), “Prolonged Field Care or Far For-
ward Resuscitation” (PROMOTEQ AB), “EZIO Intraos-
seous” (TELEFLEX), “REBOA in an Austere Setting” has prevailed for the past 30 years, must now be comple-
(PRYTIME MEDICAL), and “Innovative Versatile Com- mented by that of the “Golden Day,” which considerably
pact Warmers” (CORBEN). modifies the skills and resources required for medical sup-
• “Demonstration of the French Aeromedical SOF—Dam- port of Special Operations;
age Control Resuscitation and Surgery Team,” “Improvised • better prepare for even ultra-mass casualty incidents, using
Ground Evacuation of SOF Casualties,” “Training and innovative technological solutions for triage;
Continuing Education of French SOF Nurses,” and “Use of • “Push the Role 2 into the Role 1!” thus raising a real chal-
Telemedicine for Remote Device.” lenge in the organization of SOF medical support, as well
as in the training of SOF medical teams; and
FIGURE 6 Workshops, for example, Stop the Bleed • continue research efforts on blood far-forward programs,
(SAM MEDICAL). damage control resuscitation, and surgery.

In all these areas, disruptive solutions in terms of doctrine,
procedures, and equipment are being developed and will feed
future thinking. A new edition of the Paris SOF-CMC Confer-
ence is already planned for 2024, after the CMC Conference
in Ulm, Germany, on July 5–6, 2023. 30

IIndustry Exhibition
The 30 industry exhibitors of the conference demonstrated nu-
merous different new and useful tools for medics, paramedics,
and physicians deployed in austere environments of Special
Operations (Figure 7).

Conclusion
Beyond the scientific interest, several major points were dis-
cussed in light of recent warfare, with discussions enlightened
by feedback from physicians and medics recently engaged in
Special Operations. Thus, the participants and experts largely
underlined the need to
• be better prepared for the prolonged casualty care in aus-
tere and remote settings, for several hours if not several
days; and review the concept of the “Golden Hour,” which

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