All Resources – Cascades Canada

Climate Conscious Inhaler Practices in Inpatient Care

The Playbook provides background information and resources to guide more environmentally sustainable inhaler practices in inpatient settings. The content of this playbook, including its associated resources, has been developed by the Critical Air Project (CAP) at the Royal Jubilee Hospital, part of Island Health in Victoria, British Columbia. The Critical Air Project, which has been led by Dr. Valeria Stoynova and Dr. Celia Culley, is a climate-conscious inhaler initiative aimed at decreasing Island Health’s inhaler-related carbon footprint through changes in health policy, operational changes and a widespread educational campaign. The project, which is ongoing, was initiated in April 2022 with support from CASCADES.

Playbook

Climate Conscious Inhaler Prescribing in Outpatient Care

The Playbook provides background information and resources to guide more environmentally sustainable inhaler prescribing in primary care settings. This playbook was initially developed through an initiative of the Sustainable Health System Community of Practice (CoP), with support from CASCADES.

Playbook

Sustainable Occupational Therapy

This Playbook is intended to do the following: a) Provide background information, resources, and considerations to guide more sustainable and climate-resilient occupational therapy. b) Highlight the contributions that occupational therapy can make in transitioning current healthcare systems towards high-quality, low-carbon, sustainable and climate-resilient care.

Playbook

Case-Based Module: Planetary Health for Family Medicine Residents and Teachers – Applying a planetary health lens to clinical encounters

Temerty Faculty of Medicine, DFCM, University of Toronto

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Planetary Health for Family Medicine Residents and Teachers

Temerty Faculty of Medicine, DFCM, University of Toronto

Course

The Lung Toolkit

eHealth Knowledge Translation Research Group

These tools are designed for both patients and healthcare professionals, to help guide discussions surrounding treatment options and to improve the management of asthma and COPD.

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Eco-Friendly Inhaler Conversation Aids

Inhaler devices can vary greatly in their carbon footprint. Some inhaler devices, called metered-dose inhalers (MDIs) use a propellant that is a potent greenhouse gas which harms the environment. However, even among MDIs there is variability in carbon footprint. We created inhaler conversation aids to promote climate-conscious prescribing at the point-of-care and help to select the right inhaler for the right patient.

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Inpatient provider-specific information: Inpatient Pharmacy Technicians poster

Une affiche sur la manière dont les techniciens en pharmacie peuvent lutter contre les changements climatiques et sur ce qu’ils peuvent faire.

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Inpatient provider-specific information: Physician and Trainee infographic

Une infographie sur les pratiques hospitalières respectueuses du climat destinée aux étudiants et aux résidents.

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