This page contains documents and resources for professionals who refer to, or work alongside, our service.
Contacting the on-call team
Details of the cardiac surgery registrar and consultant on-call can be obtained by phoning the Cardiac Surgery Intensive Care Unit on 02890633500. Please bear in mind that often they may be in theatre where mobile phones cannot be used, so if you get no response, phone CSICU again and request further help.
Guidance Documents:
In-patient Guidance Booklet for Cardiology Units:
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Up to date individual protocols for in-patients requiring heart surgery:
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indications-for-carotid-dopplers-before-cardiac-surgery
checklist-of-medications-to-be-stopped-before-surgery
checklist-for-in-patient-transfer
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Other useful documents:
SHO handbook of Surgical Practice and Protocols
Conventional and near-patient tests of coagulation
Andy NG Curry MA MB BChir FRCA, JM Tom Pierce MRCP FRCA