Cardiothoracics for Surgical Assistants

This is a one-day practical skills course comprising of hand-on practical workshops on both animals wetlabs, human cadaveric specimens, interactive small-group teaching, and seminars. The faculty is made up of experienced cardiothoracic surgeons and cardiac surgical assistants with a very high faculty to participant ratio.

Convenor

Mr Mike Lewis
Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon
Royal Sussex County Hospital

Level

'Cardiothoracics for Surgical Assistants'

Content

• Incisions and access
• Advanced wound closure techniques
• Radial artery harvesting
• Aortic cannulation and decannulation
• Chest drainage
• Intra-aortic balloon pumps
• ECG & CXR
• Coronary angiography
• Knots and instruments
• Risk assessment
• Post-operative management

Format

• Practical skills workshops
• Scenarios
• Microlectures
• Interactive workshops
• Cadaveric demonstrations

Additional Information

This course will provide:

• Instruction and practice in coronary artery and value surgical techniques; and
• Training in decision-making and pre-operative evaluation, as well as post-operative management