Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia

Questions on cardiac or thoracic anaesthesia have, to a greater or lesser degree, appeared on all previous SAQ/CRQ papers (at the time of writing).

Cardiac anaesthesia is clearly the favoured child, with the majority of past SAQ/CRQ questions being cardiac in nature.

Chief amongst them is the intra-aortic balloon pump, which has featured in about a quarter of cardiothoracic questions since 2017.

• Cardiac surgery inc. CICU
• Cardiac conditions
• Cardiac procedures & devices
• Cardiopulmonary bypass
• Complications of cardiac surgery


• Thoracic surgery
• Thoracic conditions
• Thoracic procedures