WEBVTT 00:04.788 --> 00:06.070 [Automatic captions by Autotekst using OpenAI Whisper V3. May contain recognition errors.] Climate? Climate? 00:25.606 --> 00:34.915 I feel an enormous powerlessness when I hear the word. There are many questions popping up in my head. Many of them are to rationalize 00:35.035 --> 00:45.364 and try to distance myself from the ever-increasing climate crisis. Where should I start? I guess I don't contribute much to the emissions? Does it matter what 00:45.625 --> 00:55.837 I, one person, do? But all the people in the whole world are just one human, So yes, it does. The climate crisis is not solved by 00:55.857 --> 01:04.727 everyone else but you. It is formed by the choices each and every one of us makes. As health personnel, you also have an extra responsibility. You 01:04.807 --> 01:14.996 are responsible for others' health and well-being. So why does the hospital in Norway have about 16,000 tons of plastic waste this year? 01:15.536 --> 01:27.541 Wait, let me rephrase myself. Why do we have so much plastic waste that we can cover 100 soccer fields with one meter high layer of plastic? Health 01:27.621 --> 01:34.684 personnel can help reduce plastic waste by, among other things, thinking more critically about their consumption. Ask yourself 01:34.744 --> 01:42.607 questions such as, do you really need to open an extra plastic bag at the front of the procedure? Do you really need to bring six ampoules with 01:42.627 --> 01:52.491 sodium chloride? Do you really need those gloves or that mouthpiece? And do you really need to add an extra plastic to the patient in case they 01:52.571 --> 02:03.480 need it? Or find out when the patient needs it. Much of this can not be stored after it has been taken into the patient room and therefore ends 02:03.500 --> 02:12.731 up being thrown away. If you, along with all other health personnel, had managed to reduce your consumption of unused products by 50%, we would 02:13.351 --> 02:23.869 have managed to save 200 tons of plastic. It is really a privilege to be able to contribute positively to other people's health. But it also 02:23.949 --> 02:29.072 means recognizing how you, as a health professional, are potentially involved in bringing health.