Fostering Sustainable Practices in Intensive Care
Summary
The ESICM Fostering Sustainable Practices in Intensive Care Course aims to provide important insights in the importance of sustainability in the ICU and will finalize with a call for action.
The imperative to embrace environmental sustainability within healthcare is underscored by the many impacts of climate change on public health. The healthcare sector's contribution to global greenhouse gas emissions is in stark contradiction to its mission of promoting health, necessitating a critical look at how healthcare is delivered. Beyond the immediate and direct environmental consequences, the broader implications of climate change, including increased incidence of heat-related illnesses, respiratory conditions, and vector-borne diseases, place additional strain on healthcare resources, further amplifying the urgency for sustainable transformation.
As a leading and global society in intensive care medicine, ESICM acknowledges this critical moment to lead by example, showing that it is possible to maintain, and even enhance patient care standards while significantly mitigating environmental impact of the activities in the ICU.
Please note: The course will be held face-to-face in Barcelona, on October 05-06, 2024.
General Information
Enrolled trainees 62
Open 26.09.2024
Close 15.01.2025
Available for ESICM limited places
Last Updated September 26, 2024
Intended Learning Outcomes
- Understand how climate change and planetary health issues impact the ICU
- Describe how sustainability impacts climate change (handprint)
- Discuss the differences between countries/ICUs regarding sustainability
- Understand what is the EF of the ICU and what are the environmental hotspots?
- Describe how the EF can be measured (methodology)?
- Discuss how do you make a change and where to start?
- Understand resource use and waste management in the ICU
- Identify opportunities for reducing waste and energy consumption
- Integrate the knowledge obtained in a stepwise approach to reduce waste
- Understand resource use and waste management in the ICU
- Identify opportunities for reducing waste and energy consumption
- Integrate the knowledge obtained in a stepwise approach to reduce waste
- Name examples of environmental sustainability success stories across different ICUs
- Explain lessons learned from overcoming challenges of ICU sustainability projects
- Acknowledge what you can change tomorrow to improve your ICU’s sustainability
- What are the priorities in research? Low hanging fruit?
- How do you start? Which skills/people are needed?
- What are best practices/examples of integration of sustainability in research?
- Identify priorities for embedding environmental sustainability into ICU education
- Explore how to start and the resources (skills/people) needed for including sustainability into ICU education
- Explore best practices/examples of integrating sustainability into local hospital and post-graduate education programmes
- How can you set KPIs for a green ICU?
- Which effect measure do you take/choose?
- How to communicate and share your success?
- What are the priorities in research and education?
- What are best practices of education and research?
- What are the success factors of implementation?
- What are the failures of implementation?
- How do we get the right skills (and which skills) to make the transition?
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