Prometheus Medical Corporation

What Prometheus Medical Corporation does

Prometheus Medical Corporation, trading as Prometheus Medical International since April 2024, is a UK-headquartered pre-hospital medical solutions provider founded in 2005 and based at an 11-acre purpose-built campus in Hope Under Dinmore, Herefordshire. The company delivers three integrated revenue streams: (1) accredited medical training courses — including FREC 3, FREC 4, PHTLS, TECC, MIMMS, ExpeMed, and OOHAILS — priced at £160-£1,057 per learner and delivered face-to-face, on-site, or online; (2) 360-degree medical risk management consultancy comprising clinical governance, Medical Advisory Board and CMO services, 24/7 Reachback telemedicine, on-site deployed medics, and medical evacuation; and (3) specialist medical equipment, notably the patented Russell Chest Seal and the Prometheus Bleed Control Kit developed with The Daniel Baird Foundation. Training uses SIMBODIES hyper-realistic mannequins and casualty simulation (moulage) equipment, with all instructors being clinically current, practising doctors, paramedics, and nurses drawn from active emergency and pre-hospital practice.

The company serves defence and security contractors, ambulance services and emergency responders (notably West Midlands Ambulance Service Trust, where 98 Paramedic Mentors were trained on PHTLS in a single year), corporates across energy, renewables, manufacturing, construction, finance, media, and transport, government bodies, expedition medicine professionals, and private individuals. Prometheus Medical operates globally through permanent offices in the UK, Norway, and UAE, and a flagship partnership with Response Plus Medical extending reach into Saudi Arabia. The company is part of the Safeguard Medical group and holds ISO 9001, Cyber Essentials Plus, Investors in People Silver, Armed Forces Covenant, and Living Wage credentials, supporting sales to regulated public-sector and enterprise buyers.

The business model combines professional-services revenue (per-learner course fees and bespoke training contracts), managed-services revenue (Reachback telemedicine and deployed medics under ongoing contracts), and hardware sales (proprietary trauma products distributed via Safeguard Medical). Go-to-market mixes enterprise field sales with dedicated business development managers, an event-led presence at DSEI, the Emergency Services Show, the International Security Expo, Hillhead, and Health & Wellbeing at Work, and a self-serve learning management portal for individual enrolments. The 2024 rebrand to Prometheus Medical International and the 2023 RPM partnership signal a deliberate shift from UK-centric training provider to global medical risk-management brand.

Name

Prometheus Medical Corporation

Legal name

Prometheus Medical International

Website

https://prometheusmed.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Prometheus Medical International, founded 2005 and part of the Safeguard Medical group, delivers accredited pre-hospital medical training, medical risk consultancy, deployed medics, and proprietary trauma equipment to defence, emergency services, corporate, and expedition clients across the UK, Europe, and the Middle East.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Medical Training Services

NAICS

Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) (621111), Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (541)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090), Surgical & Medical Instruments & Apparatus (3841), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Emergency Medical Services (EMT/Paramedic) Training (EDAOAMAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Healthcare & Clinical Professional Certifications (EDAAANAI), Emergency Response, First Aid/CPR/AED & Incident Management Training (BPAKAOAJ), Event Medical Services & Standby Coverage (HLAFANAG), Healthcare Clinical Professions (CME/CE for Nurses, Allied Health, Pharmacy) (EDAAALAC)

Keywords

• Pre-hospital medical training
• Tactical emergency care
• Medical risk consultancy
• Expedition medicine courses
• Trauma medical equipment

Headquarters

HQ city

Hope Under Dinmore

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Medical Training Courses: Prometheus delivers accredited and bespoke medical training courses to individuals and organisations. Revenue is generated through course fees for classroom-based training at their Herefordshire campus or on-site at client premises, as well as online and blended learning options. Courses include FREC 3, FREC 4, PHTLS, TECC, MIMMS, ExpeMed, and OOHAILS.
2. Medical Risk Consultancy Services: The company provides comprehensive medical risk management consultancy including clinical governance, medical advisory board and CMO services, Reachback remote medical/telemedicine support, on-site deployed medics, and medical evacuation services. Revenue is generated through consultancy fees and managed service contracts.
3. Medical Equipment and Products: Sale of proprietary and third-party medical equipment including the Russell Chest Seal, Prometheus Bleed Control Kit, bandages, trauma bags, and SIMBODIES training manikins. Equipment is sold alongside training services and independently.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Prometheus Medical delivers accredited pre-hospital medical training courses (FREC 3/4, PHTLS, TECC, MIMMS, ExpeMed, OOHAILS), 360-degree medical risk management consultancy covering clinical governance, Reachback telemedicine, on-site deployed medics and medical evacuation, and specialist trauma medical equipment (Russell Chest Seal, Prometheus Bleed Control Kit) to defence, emergency services, corporate and government clients across 20+ locations worldwide.

Product overview

Prometheus Medical (now Prometheus Medical International) is a medical training and consultancy organization operating across multiple sectors including Defence, Emergency Responders, Corporates, Industry and Government. The company offers a comprehensive portfolio of accredited training courses (FREC 3, FREC 4, PHTLS, TECC, MIMMS, ExpeMed™, OOHAILS) and consultancy services including clinical governance, 24/7 Reachback telemedicine, and on-site deployed medics. Training utilizes realistic simulation equipment including SIMBODIES mannequins. The company also supplies medical products including the Russell Chest Seal and Prometheus Bleed Control Kit. Operating from a purpose-built 11-acre campus in Herefordshire, UK, with over 20 locations worldwide.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• FREC 3 (First Response Emergency Care Level 3) Qualsafe Awards accredited 5-day course teaching life-saving skills and techniques of a first responder within a pre-hospital scenario. Entry-level stage of the FREC pathway for individuals and organisations seeking qualified first responders.
• FREC 4 (First Response Emergency Care Level 4) Qualsafe Awards accredited 5-day course enabling learners to attain knowledge and practical competencies needed to deal with a range of prehospital emergency and urgent situations. Next step after FREC 3 for advancing first responder capability.
• PHTLS (Pre-Hospital Trauma Life Support) NAEMT-certified 16-hour course recognised worldwide as the leading continuing education programme for pre-hospital emergency trauma care. Developed with the American College of Surgeons' Committee on Trauma. Targeted at paramedics, emergency responders and healthcare professionals.

Quantifiable outcome

• Delivered PHTLS training to 98 Paramedic Mentors across West Midlands Ambulance Service Trust in a single year
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• Response Plus Medical (RPM)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 April 2024Prometheus Medical is proud to partner with Response Plus Medical (RPM), described as the largest pre-hospital medical services provider in the United Arab Emirates and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This partnership extends Prometheus's global reach into the Middle East market, combining RPM's pre-hospital service delivery with Prometheus's medical training and consultancy expertise.
• Safeguard MedicalcoreOthersPrometheus Medical is part of the Safeguard Medical group of companies. Safeguard Medical manufactures SIMBODIES training manikins and proprietary medical products including the Russell Chest Seal and Prometheus Bleed Control Kit. Prometheus benefits from access to the best medical products and equipment for use in training courses.
• The Daniel Baird FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrometheus Medical partnered with The Daniel Baird Foundation to raise awareness of knife and violent crime and highlight the importance of publicly accessible bleed control packs. Working with West Midlands Ambulance Service and Birmingham Community Safety Partnership, the collaboration developed an effective bleed control solution. For every Prometheus Bleed Control Kit sold, Safeguard Medical donates £5 to the foundation.
• Walking With The WoundedminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrometheus Medical sponsors Walking With The Wounded, a charity providing ongoing mental health and employment support for ex-service members. Prometheus works closely with military consultancies, both serving and veteran, to deliver the highest quality of medical training in complex tactical scenarios.
• Serve OnminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerServe On is a humanitarian charity operating crisis response in the UK and abroad. Prometheus Medical provided FREC 3 first response emergency care training to Serve On volunteers at their Herefordshire purpose-built facility. Serve On selected Prometheus due to their great industry reputation for delivering training relevant to candidates.
• SIMBODIES (Safeguard Medical)coreTechnology or IntegrationSIMBODIES, part of the Safeguard Medical global company, provides ultra-realistic manikins and casualty simulation (moulage) equipment for Prometheus Medical's training courses. These life-like SIMBODIES manikins closely replicate human features and are used to create immersive, realistic medical training scenarios.
• Mercia Accident Rescue Service (MARS)minorOthersPrometheus Medical supports Mercia Accident Rescue Service through fundraising events including an annual charity Golf Day that has raised over £5,000 for the charity. MARS provides critical life-saving care in the local Herefordshire area.
• West Midlands Ambulance Service Trust (WMAS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrometheus Medical International is providing multiple PHTLS training courses to WMAS Clinical Team Mentors as part of their Continuing Professional Development. WMAS serves a population of 5.6 million and is the first Trust in the country to have a paramedic on every vehicle, responding to approximately 4,000 999 calls per day.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• International SOS: Global medical and travel security risk services company providing medical assistance, Reachback-style telemedicine, and on-site medics to multinational corporate clients. Highly comparable to Prometheus's consultancy and Reachback telemedicine offering for corporate and government clients, particularly in the energy and extractives sectors.
• British Red Cross: Major UK charity providing first aid training, event medical cover, and community response services. Overlaps with Prometheus on workplace first aid and emergency responder training, but is a much larger generalist with a broader humanitarian remit rather than a pre-hospital trauma specialism.
• St John Ambulance: The UK's leading first aid and pre-hospital training charity, delivering accredited first aid, CPR/AED, and workplace compliance courses to corporate, public, and individual customers. It is a broad incumbent that overlaps with Prometheus across first aid, CPR, and event medical cover, but operates at much greater scale and does not focus on tactical/NAEMT pre-hospital trauma or expedition medicine.
• Falck: Global provider of emergency medical services, training, and workforce health solutions operating across Europe, the Americas, and beyond. Comparable to Prometheus on enterprise medical risk management, on-site medics, and emergency response training, but at significantly larger scale and broader scope.

Direct peers

• North American Rescue: US-based manufacturer and supplier of tactical combat casualty care equipment (chest seals, tourniquets, haemostatic dressings) used by military, law enforcement, and EMS globally. Comparable in the trauma-equipment product line that parallels Prometheus's Russell Chest Seal and Bleed Control Kit.
• Wilderness Medical Training: UK provider of wilderness, expedition, and remote area medical courses for healthcare professionals and laypeople. Directly comparable to Prometheus's ExpeMed programme, with overlap in expedition and remote environment pre-hospital training.
• Tactical Medical Solutions: US-based provider of tactical medical equipment and TCCC/TECC training, with a comparable focus on pre-hospital trauma products (chest seals, tourniquets, IFAKs) and operator-level training. Directly comparable in the tactical casualty care niche and the equipment-plus-training bundle model.
• Medics UK: UK pre-hospital medical training and event medical cover provider offering FREC, first aid, and emergency response courses to corporate and event clients. Comparable scale and customer overlap with Prometheus's corporate, event, and individual training segments.
• World Extreme Medicine: UK-based provider of expedition, wilderness, and remote medicine courses for healthcare professionals, with similar faculty composition (active clinicians) and an overlapping course catalogue (diploma and residential programmes). Directly comparable to Prometheus's ExpeMed and remote/austere environment offerings.

Regional players

• ALSG (Advanced Life Support Group): UK-registered charity delivering accredited advanced life support courses including MIMMS and other major incident programmes. Directly comparable as a co-licensor and competitor in the MIMMS course that Prometheus also delivers, with a similar UK-centric focus.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/PrometheusHQ
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/prometheusmed
• Facebookfacebook.com/PrometheusHQ
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/prometheus-medical-global
• Instagraminstagram.com/prometheusglobal

Compliance5 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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