Format: Pre-congress course, LIVES 2024 (Barcelona, Spain)
Dates: 05-06 October 2024
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.
- Sustainable Healthcare/ Challenges induced by climate change
- The Importance of Sustainability in ICU
- The Environmental Footprint of ICUs
- Energy Efficiency and Waste Reduction in Clinical Settings
- Implementing Green Procurement in the ICU
- Global Success Stories in Sustainable Healthcare Practices/ Patient perspective
- Integrating Sustainability into ICU Research & Education
- The transition to Implementation
Healthcare professionals interest in applying sustainability and green procedures in their ICU/clinical practice
The Fostering Sustainable Practices in ICU, Barcelona, Spain 05/10/2024 – 06/10/2024, has been accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®) with 9.5 European CME credits (ECMEC®s). Each medical specialist should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.
Through an agreement between the Union Européenne des Médecins Spécialistes and the American Medical Association, physicians may convert EACCME® credits to an equivalent number of AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Information on the process to convert EACCME® credit to AMA credit can be found at https://edhub.ama-assn.org/pages/applications.
Live educational activities, occurring outside of Canada, recognised by the UEMS-EACCME® for ECMEC®s are deemed to be Accredited Group Learning Activities (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
