4^th International Anesthesia and Pain Medicine Conference

The environmental impact by an aesthetics gas inside and outside of operating theatres has been of concern in the recent time. Greenhouse gas emissions were estimated using activity data and emission factors and reported according to the Greenhouse Gas Protocol adapted to define emissions. The environmental impact of operating theatres in three academic centers in Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom over a 1-yr period in 2011. Greenhouse estimate the carbon footprint of surgery in the three centers at 9.7 million tons of carbon dioxide emitted per year.

Adaptation of TIVA( Total Intravenous Anesthesia) has promising result

This lecture would summarize

1. Anesthetics and patients’ environment

2. Anesthetics and health workers

3. Anesthetics and environment -contribution to Global warming

4. Adaptation of TIVA