Are you sleep deprived

Baack · Oct 16, 2009

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=-1]Sleep deprivation is rampant. A large proportion of the problem is due to the high paced lifestyle causing the lack of time to get the sleep we need. The other reason people are so sleep deprived is due to sleep disorders. Most people are unaware, as are most physicians. Sleep was not taught during their medical training. [/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=-1]The cost in lost production, accidents, and human lives is astronomical. It is Sandman's dream to change this by educating the public as well as professionals in the medical field.[/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=-1]What is a Sleep Debt? When you do not get the sleep you need, you begin to build up a sleep debt. So if you are losing one hour of sleep a day during the week, by Friday you have a 5 hour sleep debt. We usually make up for this by sleeping in on Saturday and Sunday. It can make for a dangerous Friday night if the person driving has a sleep debt, especially if they have alcohol on top of it. Sleep debt is caused by not having enough time to get the sleep you need, or it is due to a sleep disorder which disrupts sleep. [/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=-1]How much sleep do we need? We need enough good quality sleep to feel alert during the day, especially during the afternoon. If you have a sleep debt you will very sleepy in the afternoon. Then our circadian pacemaker kicks in and makes us feel more alert early in the evening.[/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=-1]Drowsiness is Red Alert. If you are driving and you start to feel drowsy, get off the road. A quick nap may be all you need. Drowsiness is Red Alert is a phrase coined my William C. Dement Phd., M.D. [/SIZE][/FONT]
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EZX1100 · Oct 28, 2012

Any sleep studies which compare a team driver bouncing around for ten hours to a solo driver who sleeps for uninterrupted six hours of peace and quiet?

Or the level of rest/unsafety when comparing people of different demographics having 6 or 8 or 9.5 hours of sleep?

Where did 10hrs come from and why is it the current mandate?

Cranky Yankee · Oct 28, 2012

i must have built up a sleep debt of a couple of years by now

do we really need a study to know you dont sleep as well driving teams as solo?

years ago UNC recieved $1000000 to study the damage caused by huricanes
results were if so many people didnt live in low lying areas wouldnt be so much damage
HUH HERE IS YOUR SIGN

I would do that study for $1000

kwloo · Oct 28, 2012

my kid must be Sleep RICH!!!

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