Anaesthesia for Patients with Complex Airway

Anaesthesia for Patients with Complex Airway

Contact

Dr Mike McGovern (michael.mcgovern@liverpoolft.nhs.uk)

Location
LUHFT (Aintree)
SIA Group

2

Module Details:

Aintree University Hospital is the region’s tertiary care centre for ENT and MFU surgery. It has a dedicated suite of 5 well-equipped Head & Neck operating theatres (Main B) plus a forward wait area adjoining the theatre complex. You will find that the unit enjoys a great working atmosphere. The unit has a worldwide reputation and performs the whole spectrum of elective adult airway surgery from simple tonsillectomy and dental extractions through to complex oncological cases involving laser resections or microvascular free flap surgery. The bulk of the emergency airway work is comprised of patients with fascial space infections (dental abscesses), facial fractures, and airway obstruction due to malignancy or sepsis. Senior help is always close at hand and, like the surgeons, anaesthetists work closely together with much traffic between theatres during the day to observe, help and comment on each other’s cases. You will be encouraged to do and see as much as possible each day and not be restricted to a particular list. You will also be encouraged to attend an ENT outpatient clinic to learn nasal endoscopy, scrub and assist at an elective tracheostomy to become more familiar with front of neck anatomy and to attend the cancer MDT. The Department of Anaesthesia also runs the ADAM (Aintree Difficult Airway Management course), which is an advanced airway-training course of national standing.

Trainee Feedback:

Great clinical exposure, opportunities to carry out research/QI with presentation and publications. Great anaesthetic department.