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  • COVID-19 Resources

    ​As more cases of COVID-19 are reported in the U.S., the amount of guidance material being released can become daunting. 

    As Special Operations professionals, we are trained to deal with infectious diseases, and we encourage you to refer to continue to refer to the DoD, CDC, WHO, etc. for the latest information on coronavirus. 

    For your ease of reference, we have compiled resources on our website to quickly link you to helpful information - including references for those deployed - that may help you in your setting.

    We strive to provide links to resources that are live-feed; be sure to check back frequently for updates. 

  • SOMA 2020-2022 Board Members Elected

    On behalf of the 2020 Nominating Committee, we are pleased to report the results of the election for the SOMA Board of Directors.  Please join us in extending congratulations to:

    Military Vice President (1 position)
    John Dominguez

    Secretary/Treasurer
    Sean Keenan

    Member-at-Large: (2 positions)
    Regan Lyon
    John Knight

    The new board members will assume their roles in mid May.     

    Also, thanks to our other candidates: Leandro Castro, Richard Clinchy, Edward Hans Whitt Masters, Tim Gibson, Sandro Heinrich, Michael Hetrick, Guyon Hill, Daniel Hull, Aaron Nikolaus, Mark Ocepek, Jonathan Reed, Steven Schauer, Ammundeep Tagore, Jeremy Torrisi.  We look forward to their continued SOMA service and greatly appreciate their willingness to step forward and run in this election.  We wish them luck in the future should they choose to run again

    Thanks to all SOMA members who participated by voting in this election.  Best wishes to the new SOMA leadership.

    Nominating Committee:

    Chair: Master Chief (Ret) Steve Viola, SOCM, ATP
    MSG Matt  Sammis
    COL (Ret) Russ Kotwal, MD, MPH
    Michael Arnold
    Christine Nilsson
    Elizabeth Barrows


  • From Our Strategic Partner, NAEMSP

    PEC Podcast - Lessons Learned from Seattle

    The Prehospital Emergency Care (PEC) journal's podcast team released a special "small-batch" podcast about lessons learned from one of the earliest hit cities by COVID-19, Seattle, Washington.

    Click here to access the podcast with NAEMSP physicians Dr. Michael Sayre (EMS Medical Director, City of Seattle) and Dr. Andrew McCoy (EMS Medical Director, Shoreline Fire Department and AMR King County).

  • Did You Know JSOM is a SOMA Member Benefit?

    ​Be sure you've renewed your membership for 2020 so you don't miss a single issue!

    The subscription-based JSOM is the only academic peer-reviewed and PubMed indexed journal devoted to unconventional, tactical and operational medicine. Our authors and editors are leaders in their respective fields. In addition to our individual print and digital subscriber base, we have thousands of institutional end-users accessing from universities and medical libraries around the world.

    One of the ways the JSOM is celebrating our 20 years in publication is by adding a new section, THEN and NOW.  Our topics are Whole Blood-Spring; Tourniquets-Summer; Prolonged Field Care-Fall; and TCCC-Winter.  We have pulled excerpts and abstracts from our first five years in publication, and from our last five years.  We end the section with an OpEd from a subject matter expert on the section topic to pull it all together. This is a real eye-opening section you don't want to miss

    In addition, the JSOM team has recently started bringing you quarterly podcasts with editorial reviews from each edition.  Each podcast includes a guest medic editor and a discussion with one of the authors from a current article.  And to help celebrate our 20th anniversary, we have an ever increasing number of interviews from community leaders who share their opinions and experiences about how SOF medicine has changed in the 20 years that JSOM has been in publication.  Please be sure to listen to these regarded leaders in our field.

  • 2020 SOMA Scientific Assembly Cancelled

    After careful consideration, the SOMA Board of Directors has made the decision to cancel the 2020 SOMA Scientific Assembly, May 11 – 15 in Raleigh, North Carolina due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

    Everyone already registered has received an email with information and instructions regarding refunds and hotel reservation cancellations.

    We will be exploring options for offering some of our planned content in a virtual format, so stay tuned!

    We hope to see you at our next Scientific Assembly, May 24-28, 2021 in Charlotte, North Carolina.

 ​​​​​​CALL TO DUTY: Honor the Training of U.S. Military Medic Veterans

Honor the training of military medic veterans by gaining support in Congress for the Veterans EMT Support Act (S. 453/H.R. 1818).

This legislation provides funding to states with a shortage of emergency medical technicians and paramedics to develop transition programs to fill medical training gaps for experienced, recent military medic veterans and future transitioning medics who want to obtain civilian certification/licensure. Find out more about the bill here.  

Our Mission: To secure 100 U.S. House Representatives and 50 Senators as co-sponsors by Nov. 30. 

Our Duty: Take action here to support our military medics. If your U.S. House Representative or Senators are co-sponsors, please email them your appreciation for their support. 

Our Success: Real-time progress will be depicted on a map in the NAEMT Online Legislative Service. Monitor the engagement in your state and share this email with colleagues to encourage their support also. Follow NAEMT on Facebook and Twitter​ as we continue to honor our nation's Veterans. ​​​ 

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