PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Timothy Spruell
AU  - Hannah Webb
AU  - Zoe Steley
AU  - James Chan
AU  - Alexander Robertson
TI  - Environmentally sustainable emergency medicine
AID  - 10.1136/emermed-2020-210421
DP  - 2021 Apr 01
TA  - Emergency Medicine Journal
PG  - 315--318
VI  - 38
IP  - 4
4099  - http://emj.bmj.com/content/38/4/315.short
4100  - http://emj.bmj.com/content/38/4/315.full
SO  - Emerg Med J2021 Apr 01; 38
AB  - 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.