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The target audience for this course is a socmqualified enlisted service member who is currently in the special forces qualification course. The special operations forces medical handbook is an innovative achievement in military medical knowledge, with contributions by over 80 medical specialists organized into a problemoriented template for reference to diagnoses and treatments. This revised handbook includes an outline of the principles of pj medicine and the patient assessment checklist. Fm 842 combat health support in stability operations and support operations. I graduated the special operations combat medic socm program in june 20 as part of my pipeline to become a ranger medic.
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