Biology and Shift-Worker Desires
There is no perfect shift-system. But there are a few best practices we can use when planning schedules.
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How to Get a Good Sleep in Your Holiday Bunkhouse
Whether you are traveling this holiday season, or you travel for work, here are some tips to help you sleep better during your travels.
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NTSB says “The Captain and the First Officer were fatigued during the incident flight…”
NTSB says “The Captain and the First Officer were fatigued during the incident flight
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The Yummiest Fatigue Fighter!
..using caffeine as a fatigue prevention strategy or a fatigue countermeasure is a no-brainer.
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Golden Rule Improves Sleep
To increase the likelihood that your 24/7 workforce will care more about getting appropriate sleep before work, and change their lives to do so, jump into their shoes and figure out how you would like to be treated in those shoes…and then, treat your workers that way.
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You don’t know how poorly you will perform….or do you?
If people are not that great at judging their own fatigue levels without a validated questionnaire, should we even consider getting them to judge how well they will perform at their current level of fatigue?
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You don’t know how fatigued you are….or do you?
When organizations are setting up their fatigue risk management systems, they will always run into the challenge of assessing fitness to start or continue duty. You will often hear people saying “We cannot simply ask our shift-workers if they are … Continue reading →
Would you feel comfortable telling your boss you are fatigued?
Whether people openly and freely report fatigue levels, fatigue risks or other critical information depends highly on an organization’s reporting culture.
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Uber Raises Awareness about Fatigued Driving
26% of all fatal and injury crashes are estimated to be related to fatigued driving and 167,000 Ontario drivers have been involved in at least one crash due to fatigued or drowsy driving.
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Bright Light, an Effective Fatigue Countermeasure
There is a movement in fatigue research to use light in shorter bursts to temporarily relieve fatigue and improve performance without suppressing the melatonin. The strategy is called a fatigue countermeasure.
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7 Steps to a Better Nap
Article lists benefits of napping and 7 steps to a better nap.
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Without this, your fatigue risk management system will fail.
The way you keep it together is with training. Providing your team with information about fatigue (the subject) and your FRMS (the system) links the people to the FRMS. It’s like welcoming a brand new aircraft to your fleet. If people don’t know how to fly (the subject) or they don’t understand the aircraft (the system), they are going to crash that asset.
Continue reading →My Cat Went Crazy Last Night!: How not to manage your fatigue.
1 AM and Mr. Winston decides it is time to interrupt my deep sleep! He’s only two years old and still finds himself full of energy at the wrong times and especially after a day of hiding out in our … Continue reading →
Fatigue Hitting Hard on Your Night Shift?
Get a blast of bright light! But, be careful, you don’t want to mess up your biology by tricking your brain into thinking it’s daytime.
Continue reading →The Rise of the Shift-Worker
There are now 5 million people in Canada working shifts and fighting fatigue every day!
Continue reading →Shift-Workers are Like High Performance Athletes
I think we should treat our shift-workers like high performance athletes. Both are using their minds and bodies differently than the 9 to 5 worker and both need coaching on how to stay mentally and physically healthy and keep their performance levels high.
Continue reading →What happens when your shift schedule stinks?
I recently talked about the counter-clockwise fast rotating shift schedule; I said it had to be the worst shift schedule possible. This schedule’s only rival is no schedule at all. But to really stink, these “no schedule” schedules have to … Continue reading →
What is the worst shift schedule?
Anyone who has worked shift-work for any period of time knows how hard it can be. But what’s the worst schedule of all? It has got to be the counter-clockwise fast rotating schedule.
Continue reading →The Ottawa Shift-Work System
The Ottawa Shift System improved officer morale, welfare and social life and decreased fatigue…
Continue reading →Do you plan on getting sick this winter?
If your critical care intern has worked one or more extended work hour shifts in the past month, they are more likely than interns who have not worked an extended duration shift to make a significant medical error.
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