Climate Rounds: Desflurane Needs to Des-appear

Series: Climate Rounds
26 Feb 2025

12:00pm ET - 1:00pm ET

Climate Rounds: Desflurane Needs to Des-appear

26 Feb 2025

12:00pm ET - 1:00pm ET

Desflurane is a commonly used anesthetic gas, but it carries a significant climate impact. The carbon footprint of just one hour of its use is the equivalent of driving a car for 320 kilometres. With the highest global warming potential of any inhaled anesthetic, and no clinical advantage over alternatives, eliminating desflurane presents a clear opportunity to reduce health care’s environmental impact.

Join our first webinar, co-hosted with the Canadian Medical Association, to kick off a new series, Climate Rounds on February 26 at 12 p.m. ET. Experts will share practical steps for eliminating desflurane and promoting more environmentally sustainable changes at the provincial level.

Speakers:

  • Dr. Krista Mahoney, Implementation Lead, Quality of Care/Choosing Wisely NL
  • Dr. Anita Rao, Anesthesiologist, Trillium Health Partners and Lead, Environmental Sustainability Working Group, Ontario’s Anesthesiologists

Climate Rounds is a new webinar series by Choosing Wisely Canada that explores the health care sector’s climate footprint and efforts to minimize its environmental impact.