*FULLY BOOKED* Sustainable Anaesthetics Course

Sustainable Anaesthetics

This foundation course offers an overview of the relationship between human health and the climate and ecological crises, with a focus on anaesthetics and the operating department.  It demonstrates how the health system is vulnerable to, but also contributes to, climate change and ecological degradation, examines the specific contribution of anaesthetics to carbon emissions and other environmental impacts and explores how to develop a more sustainable approach to the practice of anaesthetics and the operating department, whilst maintaining or improving quality of care.

The course also highlights the leadership role healthcare staff can play in the transformation towards a system that works for all, within planetary boundaries.

Learning Objectives

1. Describe the risks the global environmental crisis presents to human health and healthcare systems.
2. Describe the contribution of the health sector, particularly anaesthetics, to the global environmental crisis. 
3. Understand the basic principles of carbon literacy.
4. Understand how sustainability can help to address existing challenges in the healthcare system.
5. Apply the principles of sustainability to anaesthetic services.
6. Plan a project to improve the sustainability of healthcare in your workplace. 
    

• Workshop: 21 November (Tue) 13.00-17.00 GMT  

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