J Dunning       Joel Dunning is a Specialist Registrar in Cardiothoracic Surgery in James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough. When he was a Houseman in Blackpool in 2002 he attended several cardiac arrests in patients post-cardiac surgery, but felt very much that he did not know his role in the arrest. Talking to the nursing and junior medical staff he realised that nobody knew what to do and everybody tended to wait until a consultant arrived. Together with Adrian Levine he therefore derived the Cardiothoracic Advanced Life Support course protocols and with Sharil Arrifin and John Jerstice created the lectures and practicals to turn this into a comprehensive course for the care of all critically ill patients post cardiac surgery.;  …Read more >>   A J Levine       I am a consultant cardiac surgeon at the University Hospital of North Staffordshire. I qualified in medicine in 1987 and trained in cardiac, thoracic and cardio-pulmonary transplant surgery, throughout the UK during the 1990’s. I have worked in cardiac and general ITU’s since 1989. I became a consultant in 2000. My interests are in cardiac surgery for heart failure and post-operative care. I have a busy clinical and managerial workload but still find time to cheer my son on playing rugby on wet, cold Sunday mornings!  … Read more >>