The FORGE curriculum
Courses
Seven courses in the rare, time-critical skills of emergency, critical care and retrieval medicine. BLADE runs first, with RAPTOR and SHOCK next in development. The others will open in turn.
Registering interest
BLADE – Coming April 2027
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.
Planned content and register interest
Next in development
SHOCK
Mechanical Circulatory Support & VA ECMO
Patient selection, cannulation strategy and circuit troubleshooting for VA ECMO and temporary mechanical support.
Planned content and register interest
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.
Planned content and register interest
In development
VENT
Advanced Mechanical Ventilation
Modes, lung-protective strategy and troubleshooting for the deteriorating ventilated patient in the ED and in transport.
Planned content and register interest
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.
Planned content and register interest
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.
Planned content and register interest
In development
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