Library resource guides: Environmental sustainability resources: Apps & podcasts

Guide index

Podcasts

Recommended podcasts are listed below. Additional information about podcasts can be found on the Podcasts library guide.

CodaPodcast: Sustainable Healthcare

CodaPodcast: Sustainable Healthcare
Coda is a not-for-profit, international collaboration, dedicated to improving clinical education globally. This collection of podcasts includes speakers discussing sustainable healthcare, inspiring listeners to take action to help healthcare reach Net Zero.
CodaPodcast: Sustainable Healthcare (Spotify)
CodaPodcast: Sustainable Healthcare (iOS/Apple)

Healthcare SOS: Sharing on Sustainability

Health Care SOS: Sharing on Sustainability
Health Care SOS is a podcast that is devoted to discussing and addressing health care sustainability, produced by the Center for the Environment and Health at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Health Care SOS: Sharing on Sustainability (Spotify)
Health Care SOS: Sharing on Sustainability (iOS/Apple)

The Sustainable Healthcare Podcast

The Sustainable Healthcare Podcast
Gain insights from conversations on decarbonizing the healthcare industry. Listen to interviews with experts from the adjacent industry and frontier areas of green innovation to equip you with the literacy to be conversational on the agenda of decarbonizing healthcare.
The Sustainable Healthcare Podcast (Spotify)
The Sustainable Healthcare Podcast (iOS/Apple)
The Sustainable Healthcare Podcast (YouTube)

Podcast episodes

The following are podcast episodes related to environmental sustainability in healthcare

ABC Radio Perth: Adam Crossley podcast

In an Australian first, Perth doctor Adam Crossley made a simple swap in medicine that will significantly reduce the carbon footprint made by public hospitals ABC Radio Perth Broadcast Wed 4 Oct 2023 at 3:30pm
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The health and pharmaceutical sectors can create lots of medical waste.

But a Perth anaesthetist has been working behind the scenes to make a difference.

Dr Adam Crossley has got the gas Desflurane, a common anaesthetic agent, removed from public hospitals.

That's because using Desflurane for just one hour does as much damage as driving 320 kilometres in a combustion engine car.

Here Dr Crossley explains how this will reduce the carbon footprint of the State’s health system, whilst also saving money.

ASA Central Line Episode 43: Inside the monitor – Flattening the curve

A lively and comprehensive discussion about sustainability and environmental best practices&between Dr&Adam Striker and Dr&Jodi Sherman, Co-Chair of ASA’s Subcommittee on Environmental Health. Learn more about the impact of inhaled anaesthetics, the misunderstanding surrounding single-use disposables, and infection prevention.

RNZ: Healthcare sector working to reduce carbon emissions

RNZ: Environmental cost of healthcare's 'secret' toxic waste

Medics and chemical engineers are calling for safe and effective disposal of hospital waste. Anaesthetic gas alone rivals the carbon footprint of long haul flights, with emissions from a single hospital in New Zealand equalling 500 return flights between Auckland and London. Dr Rob Burrell and associate professor Dr Saeid Baroutian, are calling for improved monitoring and investment in technology to properly dispose of toxic hospital waste.

AudioDigest (Audio lectures)

AudioDigest Anesthesiology Collection [App]
AudioDigest provides instant online and mobile access to 250+ accredited anaesthesiology, pain medicine and critical care audio lectures presented by experts from leading institutions, bringing clinicians a convenient continuing medical education (CME/CE) experience. Each lecture includes: objectives, pre-test Q&A, summary & readings, post-test Q&A, evaluation.

Free registration required to access (college members)
See our AudioDigest guide for more information including full registration and access details

CPD Value: CPD participants may claim this under the Knowledge and skills Learning sessions activity. Use the Audio-Digest My Transcript feature to track completed activities.

AudioDigest Spotlight

Users must register prior to listening.

AudioDigest Links General

Waste Reduction: Environmental Consciousness and Sustainability in the Operating Room (28 Oct 2024)
The goal of this program is to improve improve environmental consciousness and sustainability in the operating room, including acknowledging the impacts of inhalational anesthetics on global warming and identifying opportunities to minimize environmental impacts in the operating room.
Environmental Impact of Anesthetic Practices (21 Oct 2023)
The goal of this program is to improve strategies to reduce the environmental impact of anaesthetic gases - includes alternatives to high flow fresh gas for induction & interventions proven to reduce CO2 emissions.
Environmental Effects of Anesthesia (21 Jun 2023)
The goal of this program is to improve efforts to reduce the environmental impacts of anesthesia. It compares and contrasts the environmental impact of various anesthetic agents, and argues for the introduction of reusable medical instruments in their facilities.

Apps

Recommended apps are listed below, sorted by area. Additional information about ANZCA-subscribed/supported apps can be found on the Apps library guide.

Anaesthetic Impact Calculator

Anaesthetic Impact Calculator
Developed by the Royal College of Anaesthetists, the Anaesthetic&Impact Calculator&allows clinicians to calculate and compare the CO2e of inhaled anaesthesia agents and carrier gases.

Earth Hero

Earth Hero: Climate Change
Earth Hero empowers you to take positive practical action in response to the climate emergency. Respond to climate change by discovering personalised, positive steps we can take to care for our planet and communities. It's our future to choose.
Earth Hero: Climate Change (iOS/Apple)
Earth Hero: Climate Change (Android/Google Play)

Yale Gassing Greener

Yale Gassing Greener
Yale Gassing Greener helps anaesthesia providers build environmentally conscious practices. The app features two calculators that provide reports on carbon emissions of inhaled anaesthetics.
Yale Gassing Greener (iOS/Apple)
Yale Gassing Greener (Android/Google Play)