Life-saving sleep: why our helping professionals need their Zzz

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Patient Safety
2008 || The Joint Commission
The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety (PDF)
SEP 2016 || Patient Safety Network
Fatigue, Sleep Deprivation, and Patient Safety
Doctors and Medical Students
FEB 19, 2016 || CBC News
Marathon 24- to 26-hour doctor shifts may be unsafe for patients: experts
MAY 20, 2016 || Huffington Post Sleep+Wellness
Our Least Experienced Doctors Are Dangerously Tired
JUL 12, 2016 || Daily Mail
Exhausted doctor killed in a car crash ‘was singing to his wife on a hands-free mobile to stay awake before falling asleep at the wheel after working three long night shifts’
SEPT 13, 2016 || EHS Today
Sleeping on the Job: Medical Residents Forced to Work Long Shifts
SEPT 14, 2016 || Medscape Pulmonary Medicine
Poll Says 86% of Public Favor 16-Hour Cap on Resident Hours
OCT 14, 2016 || Radio New Zealand
Doctors tell of falling asleep at wheel, making drug errors because of shifts
OCT 14, 2016 || Relief Web
Eastern Aleppo: “We Try to Sleep for Half an Hour to Gain the Strength to Perform Another Surgery”
NOV 6, 2016 || Forbes
Changes In Medical Resident Work Hour Limits Don’t Solve Big Problems
DEC 15, 2016 || The Atlantic
No Doctor Should Work 30 Straight Hours Without Sleep: The American medical system requires dangerous feats of sleep deprivation. It doesn’t have to
JAN 11, 2017 || The Differential (Medscape)
Fighting Fatigue
JAN 17, 2017 || Kevin MD
The debate over how many hours an intern can work misses the point
JAN 17, 2017 || Stuff.co.nz Health
Junior doctors’ strike: ‘nauseous and shaky’ after working nearly 24-hours straight
JAN 23, 2017 || The Sun
Four in ten junior doctors admit to falling asleep at the wheel after a night shift, study claims
Nurses
JAN 2014 || Journal of Nursing Administration
Sleep deprivation and error in nurses who work the night shift
FEB 1, 2015 || USA Today
Nurses seek to reduce long hours and fatigue
MAR 1, 2015 || AHC Media
Nurse Fatigue a ‘Huge’ Threat to Patient Safety
FEB 17, 2016 || Nurse.com
Fatigue can jeopardize your work performance and health
JUN 16, 2016 || Stuff.co.nz Health
Wellington-based study examines fatigue for shift-working nurses
AUG 5, 2016 || Medscape Pulmonary Medicine
Should Night-Shift Nurses Nap at Work?
AUG 25, 2016 || Illinois State University News
Q&A with Nursing Professor Teresa Valerio: Secrets of sleep
SEPT 23, 2016 || STAT
Why can’t nurses get a break?
DEC 7, 2016 || Nurse.com
Working 24-hour shifts with little sleep affects heart function, blood pressure
DEC 16, 2016 || University of Texas at Tyler School of Nursing
Impact of Nurse Fatigue and Nursing Handoffs on Patient and Nurse Safety (thesis)
Paramedics
MAR 30, 2016 || EMS WORLD
Cases with a Twist: When Exhaustion Equals Errors
JUN 3, 2016 || EMS-1
Exhausted paramedics: 7 recommendations to reduce impacts of fatigue
JUN 3, 2016 || KFVS-12
MSHP: EMT fell asleep, crashed
JAN 2, 2017 || KVUE
Travis County first responders to get more rest with new sleep rooms
JAN 24, 2017 || Charleston Gazette-Mail
Three injured after ambulance crash
Firefighters
JUN 6, 2016 || Fire Rescue Magazine
Disrupted Sleep and Safety on Scene: The impact that shift work has on firefighter health and safety and provides strategies for overcoming those risks
DEC 1, 2016 || Firehouse
The Dangers of Sleep Deprivation
JAN 10, 2017 || The Champion
Firefighters may sleep easier in DeKalb after donation
JAN 13, 2017 || American Sleep Association
Sleep Education Reduces Risk of Injury and Disability in Firefighters
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