In this episode:

• Human influence, in particular the burning of fossil fuels has caused global warming (global boiling)
• This climate crisis is a health emergency, it’s affecting physical and mental health of patients globally
• Extreme heat and air pollution increases cardiovascular disease deaths, especially from Ischaemic heart disease but also from heart failure, stroke and cardiac arrest
• It’s important to identify those patients at risk (elderly, young, underlying illness, outside workers, low social economic status) and discuss behavioural and hydration advice and review their medication

Guest: Dr Fiona Foo, Clinical and Interventional Cardiologist

Host: Dr David Lim, GP and Medical Educator

Total time: 29 minutes

Recommended resources:

• Doctors for the Environment Australia (DEA) (a number of resources and factsheets are available on this website)
• DEA Heat factsheet
• DEA Bushfire factsheet
• Climate Council website
• Dr Fiona Foo: Climate Change and Cardiovascular Disease resources
• WHO climate change and health
• WHO Public health advice on preventing health effects of heat
• Government of South Australia | Heat and hot weather for health professionals
• NSW Health Heat is a health risk – Beat the heat