Cardiothoracic

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Cardiac anaesthesia

1. Induction and maintenance of anaesthesia for high risk cardiac procedures, including valve replacement
2. Principles of Cardiopulmonary bypass
3. Cardioplegia
4. Problems of cardiopulmonary bypass
5. Pharmacological problems in cardiopulmonary bypass.
6. Postoperative cardiac critical care, including analgesia, sedation and ventilatory management
7. Significance of cardiac tamponade
8. Anaesthesia for procedures in intensive care including emergency:
1. Resternotomy
2. Re-intubation,
3. Tracheostomy
4. Cardioversion
9. Cardiac pacing modes
10. Intra-aortic balloon counter pulsation

Thoracic anaesthesia

1. Induction and maintenance of anaesthesia for major thoracic procedures
2. Induction and maintenance of anaesthesia for minor thoracic procedures, in particular, bronchoscopy and the use of the Sanders injector
3. Local and general anaesthesia for bronchoscopy including techniques of ventilation
4. Use of single and double lumen endobronchial intubation
5. Fibreoptic endoscopic confirmation of tube placement
6. Principles of one-lung anaesthesia
7. Postoperative care and analgesia after thoracic surgery

Generic

1. Postoperative analgesia by appropriate methods including local techniques
2. To be able to summarise a case to critical care staff