Doyle Gerard S
Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
Am J Disaster Med. 2010 Sep-Oct;5(5):315-9.
To address the impacts of peak oil (PO) on human health and to propose new public health preparedness models and measures mandated by these impacts.
Review of relevant literature. Articles were obtained by searching the PubMed database (including manual searches using "related citations" tool) plus Google and Google Scholar search engines using terms such as "peak oil," "energy scarcity," "human health," "public health," and "preparedness."
Forty-six journal articles were reviewed.
The projections about PO are concerning, as illustrated by minor PO events in the recent past. There are many opportunities for devising beneficial solutions within healthcare to mitigate the effects of PO. It is essential for disaster medicine professionals to become aware of PO and to advocate for change in clinical practice with patients as well as policy leaders. If we fail to mitigate the effects of PO on healthcare, we will be left with the less pleasant options of adapting to PO or suffering its effects.
探讨峰值石油（PO）对人类健康的影响，并提出受这些影响所要求的新的公共卫生防范模式和措施。
对相关文献进行综述。通过搜索PubMed数据库（包括使用“相关引文”工具进行手动搜索）以及谷歌和谷歌学术搜索引擎，使用“峰值石油”、“能源短缺”、“人类健康”、“公共卫生”和“防范”等术语获取文章。
共审查了46篇期刊文章。
正如近期小规模的峰值石油事件所表明的那样，关于峰值石油的预测令人担忧。在医疗保健领域有许多机会设计有益的解决方案来减轻峰值石油的影响。灾难医学专业人员必须了解峰值石油，并倡导在临床实践中与患者以及政策制定者一起做出改变。如果我们未能减轻峰值石油对医疗保健的影响，我们将只剩下适应峰值石油或承受其影响这些不太好的选择。
