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SOMA PRESIDENT

SOMA Members and JSOM Readers, SOMA would like to thank Dr. Frank
Butler, Dr. Kevin O’Connor, and Jeff
s our annual scientific assembly Butler for mentioning the role that the
(SOMSA) is drawing near, there J Jo h n D om i i n gu e z, MS G (R et t ) SOMA Conference (now SOMSA)
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John Dominguez, MSG (Ret)
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A are a few items I’d like to men- played in the development and evo-
tion that will help you prepare for SOMSA 2024 and lution of Tactical Combat Casualty Care in their book,
2025. Please pay close attention to emails you receive Tell Them Yourself, It’s Not Your Day to Die. The book
from January to May. These messages will update you is being published by Breakaway Media and will be for
on whether your presentation was selected and provide sale at the JSOM booth 611. Dr. Butler will be there
you with information on the agenda. They will also alert to sign copies of the book during the designated ex-
you to special events happening at SOMSA and any hibit hall break times. Please read this issue’s From the
changes in programming that may occur. Publisher for information on the book!
Starting in late September through December, SOMA At SOMSA 2024 there will be many interesting and
sent out emails related to calls for submissions of labs educational presentations. The International Track will
and presentations. SOMA is very fortunate to have a have presentations of case scenarios from Ukraine that
large amount of timely and relevant submissions for start with the medic on the ground, then follow the
labs, posters, and presentations, and unfortunately, we evacuation crew, and end with the surgical team that
have to turn some down due to the lack of space on the received the patient. These presentations reinforce the
calendar. So, we can’t consider any late submissions. lesson that the skillset and capabilities of the medic pro-
viding initial treatment greatly increase the chances of
SOMA and Tactical Medicine the patient surviving a prolonged evacuation process to
New Zealand have collaborated surgical intervention.
to reprint the book Guerrilla Sur-
geon by Dr. Lindsay Rogers. The Each day of SOMSA 2024 will start off with a vignette.
book will be available for pur- Three of the vignettes will be Helicopter Crash MASCAL
chase at the SOMA Gear Store of Surgical Team Resulting in Prolonged Critical Care
during the hours that the Expo CASEVAC, Utilization of Freeze-Dried Plasma in Trauma
is open. Copies are limited. You Care: A Case of a Kidnap Victim with Multiple Gunshot
can also get a copy of this reprint Wounds, and A Novel Approach to Frostbite Treatment
on May 4th and 5th at the Criti- with a Sous Vide in an Austere Arctic Environment. The
cal Resuscitation in Chaos 24 (CRiC24) Conference in SOCOM Surgeon’s Update will take place Tuesday from
New Zealand. 10:50 to 11:30 in the General Session.

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