RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Environmentally sustainable emergency medicine
JF Emergency Medicine Journal
JO Emerg Med J
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and the British Association for Accident & Emergency Medicine
SP 315
OP 318
DO 10.1136/emermed-2020-210421
VO 38
IS 4
A1 Timothy Spruell
A1 Hannah Webb
A1 Zoe Steley
A1 James Chan
A1 Alexander Robertson
YR 2021
UL http://emj.bmj.com/content/38/4/315.abstract
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.