Clinician-led procedural training · Pretoria
Practise the procedures you can’t afford to learn on the day.
FORGE Medical runs small-group courses in the rare, time-critical skills of emergency, critical care and retrieval medicine. Our first course, BLADE, teaches seven life- and limb-saving procedures on fresh cadaveric tissue.
First course · Registering interest now
One day. Seven procedures. Fresh tissue.
BLADE is for senior emergency medical officers and emergency medicine registrars. Groups of four work one cadaver through four stations, so every delegate performs every procedure.
- Lateral canthotomy and cantholysis
- Surgical cricothyroidotomy
- Resuscitative thoracotomy
- Chest wall and limb escharotomy
- Upper and lower limb amputation
The FORGE curriculum
Seven courses, one standard
BLADE runs first, with RAPTOR and SHOCK next in development. The other courses will open in turn, each built the same way: small groups, hands-on practice and practising clinicians as faculty.
Registering interest
BLADE
Advanced Trauma Procedures
A one-day fresh-cadaver course in lateral canthotomy, surgical cricothyroidotomy, resuscitative thoracotomy, chest and limb escharotomy, and upper and lower limb amputation. For senior ED medical officers and EM registrars.
RAPTOR
Retrieval and Advanced Prehospital Trauma Operations
Clinical and operational skills for retrieval and prehospital trauma teams, from scene to receiving unit.
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Next in development
SHOCK
Mechanical Circulatory Support & VA ECMO
Patient selection, cannulation strategy and circuit troubleshooting for VA ECMO and temporary mechanical support.
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Next in development
REACT
Resuscitative Emergency Airway & Critical Techniques
The physiologically and anatomically difficult airway, from first-pass success to the front-of-neck access decision.
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In development
VENT
Advanced Mechanical Ventilation
Modes, lung-protective strategy and troubleshooting for the deteriorating ventilated patient in the ED and in transport.
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In development
PULSE
Point-of-Care Ultrasound & Life Support Echocardiography
Focused ultrasound and echo in cardiac arrest and shock: what to look for, when, and how it changes management.
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In development
SURGE
Damage Control Resuscitation & Massive Haemorrhage
Haemorrhage control, blood product strategy and damage-control physiology from the first minutes of the trauma call.
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In development
How we teach
Hands on, from the first minute
Real tissue where it counts
Procedural courses use fresh cadaveric tissue. Planes, resistance and anatomy behave the way they will when you have to do it for real.
Four to a station
Groups stay small so every delegate performs every procedure, with faculty correcting technique at the bedside rather than from the front of the room.
Taught by practising clinicians
Faculty are emergency, critical care and retrieval clinicians who teach from current practice, including when to do a procedure and when not to.
Register interest
Join the first BLADE cohort
Course dates, fees and CPD details go to the interest list first. It takes about a minute to join, for BLADE or any of the courses in development.
Or email info@forgemed.co.za · FORGE Medical, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa