Climate change and environmental sustainability in emergency medicine: a narrative review.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objective

Climate change and global warming pose increasing threats to human health. These could have significant impact on healthcare systems, especially emergency services. In this narrative review, we aim to examine how climate change affects emergency attendances and operations, and to suggest strategies to reduce environmental impact through sustainability efforts.

Methods

We performed literature search of published studies on healthcare environmental sustainability and climate change in PubMed, Embase, Google Scholar and Scopus databases using the following search terms: ("climate change" OR "global warming" OR "heatwave" OR "heat wave" OR "greenhouse effect") AND ("emergency department" OR "emergency medicine" OR "emergency, hospital services"), ("susta

SUBMITTER: Chua MT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12272795 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature