The Procedures Course - Chicago
The Procedures Course sets the benchmark for resuscitative skills training, recognised internationally for its high-impact, hands-on approach. Developed by trauma care leaders from The Alfred Trauma Unit—Australasia’s largest trauma service—together with leading US experts, this course is designed to help you master critical life-saving procedures with confidence.
This course is designed for clinicians who want to refine high acuity procedures in a setting that prioritises depth, precision, and deliberate practice.
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The two-day format is intentionally unhurried: small groups of four participants, a dedicated faculty instructor, and a fresh-frozen cadaver donor, giving you the time, focus, and anatomical understanding to develop the technical expertise and assurance to perform under pressure when seconds count.
Planning to attend ACEP26? Add The Procedures Course to your Chicago itinerary. Scheduled immediately before the conference, it's the perfect opportunity to sharpen your procedural skills before four days of emergency medicine education and networking.
Procedures will include:
- Thoracotomy
- Surgical airway (cricothyroidotomy)
- Orbital decompression (lateral canthotomy and cantholysis)
- Pleural decompression (finger thoracostomy and pleural drainage)
- Burr-hole craniotomy
- Vascular access (MAC line / RIC line / Intraosseous access)
- Temporary trans-venous cardiac pacing
- Escharotomy
- Emergency hysterotomy
- Retrieval limb amputation
Who should attend
- PHEM / Flight physicians
- Emergency/Intensive Care/Anaesthetic Attending Physicians
- Rural Primary Care Physicians/Staff Physicians involved in retrievals/trauma resuscitation
- Senior Critical Care Residents (Emergency/Intensive Care/Anaesthetic/Retrieval)