Warding off sleepiness.

Warding off burn injuries, warding off database fishing expeditions: the ABA burn prevention committee takes a turn with a glimmer from the national burn repository.

Henry Ormerod

at the age of 68, belonged to a family of surgeons. He was educated at the Bristol Royal Infirmary and Medical School, and very soon after qualifying he settled at Westbury. Although his capacity for work was immense, yet in the early years of his practice he had more than one attack of haemoptysis, and it was his opinion that leading a country open-air life had been the means of warding off mo...

Sleep and sleepiness in young individuals with high burnout scores.

STUDY OBJECTIVES Burnout is a growing health problem in Western society. This study aimed to investigate sleep in subjects scoring high on burnout but still at work. The purpose was also to study the diurnal pattern of sleepiness, as well as ratings of work stress and mood in groups with different burnout scores. DESIGN Sleep was recorded in 2 groups (high vs low on burnout) during 2 nights; ...

Sleepiness and Traffic Accidents Does Daytime Sleepiness Predict Exercise and Physical Function in Older Adults?

edge that excessive sleepiness impairs driving performance, yet the majority of Americans admit they have driven while excessively sleepy (p.864). There is a plethora of data available that indicates being sleepy while driving increases one’s risk of an accident, yet it does not stop people from getting behind the wheel even when they are in danger of dosing off. In fact, in 1998 1.2 million pe...

Self-perceived sleepiness in emergency training physicians: prevalence and relationship with quality of life

INTRODUCTION Sleep deprivation among training physicians is of growing concern; training physicians are susceptible due to their prolonged work hours and rotating work schedules. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of self-perceived sleepiness in emergency training physicians, and to establish a relationship between self-perceived sleepiness, and quality of life. METHODS Pro...