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DESI EM PROJECT - EPISODE 31 - THE ONE WITH "SUSTAINABLE AND CLIMATE SMART EDs"
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Yes i have been MIA for a month now! Was at Amsterdam to participate at the ICEM 2023 conference. What an experience it was! Loved it! Got to meet my idol Cliff Reid too! That was the icing! but I am back and speaking today about sustainable EDs and how healthcare contributes to climate change. yes it does! Go through some of the papers cited here -
1. Walsh O, Harris R, Flower O, Anstey M, McGain F. Everyone’s a winner if we test less: the CODA action plan. Aust Health Rev. 2022 Aug;46(4):460-462. doi: 10.1071/AH22145. PMID: 35772927.
2. Linstadt H, Collins A, Slutzman JE, Kimball E, Lemery J, Sorensen C, Winstead-Derlega C, Evans K, Auerbach PS. The Climate-Smart Emergency Department: A Primer. Ann Emerg Med. 2020 Aug;76(2):155-167. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2019.11.003. Epub 2020 Jan 23. PMID: 31983497.
3. McAlister S, Barratt AL, Bell KJ, McGain F. The carbon footprint of pathology testing. Med J Aust. 2020 May;212(8):377-382. doi: 10.5694/mja2.50583. Epub 2020 Apr 18. PMID: 32304240.
4. Tennison I, Roschnik S, Ashby B, Boyd R, Hamilton I, Oreszczyn T, Owen A, Romanello M, Ruyssevelt P, Sherman JD, Smith AZP, Steele K, Watts N, Eckelman MJ. Health care's response to climate change: a carbon footprint assessment of the NHS in England. Lancet Planet Health. 2021 Feb;5(2):e84-e92. doi: 10.1016/S2542-5196(20)30271-0. PMID: 33581070; PMCID: PMC7887664.
5. Kanem N, Murray CJL, Horton R. The Lancet Commission on 21st-Century Global Health Threats. Lancet. 2023 Jan 7;401(10370):10-11. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(22)02576-4. Epub 2022 Dec 15. PMID: 36529147; PMCID: PMC9754642.