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Lancashire Cardiac Centre performs approximately 1200 cardiac procedures per year including standard coronary artery bypass operations and valve replacements, both on and off pump, but also offers UK-leading advanced minimal access surgical techniques. There is the opportunity to gain exposure and experience in anaesthesia for minimal access surgery including Right Anterior Thoracotomy and Port Access approaches for aortic and mitral valve surgery. We are expanding our thoracic work from 500 cases per year, including wedge resections, lobectomies, pneumonectomies by a combination of video assisted surgery and open surgery. We have an active and close relationship with the cardiology teams regularly providing anaesthetic services for electrophysiology, device insertions and removals, primary PCI and trans-catheter aortic valve replacements.
We provide transoesophageal echocardiography services for all patients requiring cardiothoracic / cardiology surgery with all consultants trained in the use of this diagnostic tool. We currently have 12 full time Cardiothoracic Anaesthetic Consultants with a rotational pool of trainees from regional training posts at various grades rotating through the unit.
The post is full time and will be based in the Cardiac Theatres and Cardiac ITU.
Our 20 bedded Cardiac Intensive Care Unit and 4 bedded High Dependency Unit provides Pre- and Post-operative care for patients throughout the division with highly trained and support staff providing ample exposure to routine post cardiac surgery care, but also more advanced intensive care techniques including the management of TAVI cases, out of hospital cardiac arrest cases and aortic dissection cases
ADULT CARDIOTHORACIC ANAESTHESIA EXPERIENCE
We can offer excellent training in Anaesthesia for:
We offer excellent training in enhanced recovery for Cardiac surgery, soon to be introduced in thoracic surgery.
We have close links with Lancaster University for those who want to pursue research.
We have a state-of-the-art simulation suite, which is used to deliver training with frequent CALS courses as well as region wide Cardiac Anaesthesia and ICU Courses being run from the centre.