Anaesthetics Department, Croydon Health Services NHS Trust, London, UK
Emergency Department, Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, Brighton, East Sussex, UK.
Emerg Med J. 2021 Apr;38(4):315-318. doi: 10.1136/emermed-2020-210421. Epub 2021 Jan 22.
Emergency clinicians worldwide are demonstrating increasing concern about the effect of climate change on the health of the populations they serve. The movement for sustainable healthcare is being driven by the need to address the climate emergency. Globally, healthcare contributes significantly to carbon emissions, and the healthcare sector has an important role to play in contributing to decarbonisation of the global economy. In this article, we consider the implications for emergency medicine of climate change, and suggest ways to improve environmental sustainability within emergency departments. We identify examples of sustainable clinical practice, as well as outlining research proposals to address the knowledge gap that currently exists in the area of provision of environmentally sustainable emergency care.
全世界的急诊临床医生越来越关注气候变化对他们所服务的人群健康的影响。可持续医疗保健运动是由应对气候紧急情况的需要推动的。在全球范围内，医疗保健对碳排放的贡献很大，医疗保健部门在促进全球经济脱碳方面发挥着重要作用。在本文中，我们考虑了气候变化对急诊医学的影响，并提出了在急诊科提高环境可持续性的方法。我们确定了可持续临床实践的例子，并概述了研究提案，以解决目前在提供环境可持续急诊护理方面存在的知识差距。
