Climate change is a health emergency too!
27 May 2024, 14:30-16:00
This year’s webinar will discuss the impact of climate change on Emergency Medical Services. Are emergency medicine teams prepared to manage the patients affected by heatwaves, floods and vector borne diseases?
| 14:30 | Welcome Speaker: Roberta Petrino, Chair of EM Day Working Group |
| 14:35 | The Emergency Medicine Day campaign: objectives and achievements Speaker: Roberta Petrino, (Switzerland) |
| Climate change and its impact on health Chairs: Basak Yilmaz (Turkey), Bulut Demirel (UK) | |
| 14:45 | Climate change and health: an objective for WHO Speaker: Antonios Kolimenakis, (Switzerland) |
| 15:00 | Systematic review of impact of climate change on EMS Speaker: Luis Castrillo, (Spain) |
| Country Specific experiences in managing patients impacted by climate change Chairs: Jim Connolly (UK), Abdo Khoury (France) | |
| 15:15 | Climatologist perspective Speaker: Esteban Rodriguez, (Spain) |
| 15:30 | Roundtable Countries impacted by floods – Matteo Paganini (Italy) Heat emergencies in the era of climate change- Thomas Lardaro, (USA) New challenges in emerging infectious diseases- Daniel Paris, (Switzerland) |
| 16:00 | Closing remarks |