On May 27, 2024
At EUSEM
Posted by Patricia Windget
Categories: Event
The Emergency Medicine Day campaign for 2024 will be dedicated to the impact of climate change on Emergency Medicine. The compelling testimonies from colleagues and patients have made clear to us that we must take action and ensure this issue is brought to everyone’s attention.
Climate change is humanity’s biggest health threat currently, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). “Climate change is impacting people’s health in a myriad of ways, including: Leading to death and illness from increasingly frequent extreme weather events, such as heatwaves, storms and floods, disruption of food systems, an increase in zoonoses and food-, water- and vector-borne diseases, and mental health issues.
https://emergencymedicine-day.org/
EM day campaign for 2024 will focus on these main goals:
We will seek answers to the following questions: