| Ten years ago, a former colleague of
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| | concentration levels: When you are overly
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| mine, a fine teacher and person, was
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| | tired, your attention span decreases.
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| tragically killed in a car accident in
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| | Most people are subject to a decrease in
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| British Columbia. He was on vacation with
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| | attention every 90-120 minutes; however,
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| his daughter who miraculously survived
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| | sleepiness makes this decrease even worse
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| the accident. What happened was a classic
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| | and it can cause accidents when you fall
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| case of sleep deprivation: my friend was
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| | asleep at the wheel.c) Disorder in
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| anxious to make his way to a chosen
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| | information processing: Sleepiness is
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| destination and despite his fatigue and
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| | very much like being under the influence
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| the fact that he had been on the road for
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| | of alcohol or drugs. When you are sleepy,
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| over 6 hours, he made the decision to
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| | your mental and psychomotor skills
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| drive through the night. He never made it
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| | diminish. In one study, a group of
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| there.
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| | subjects were kept awake for 28 hours;
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| That there is a direct correlation
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| | another group was given alcoholic drinks
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| between sleep deprivation and traffic
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| | every half hour. When both groups were
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| accidents cannot be disputed. In 1998,
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| | tested for hand-eye coordination, the
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| 24,318 deaths were cited from accidents
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| | ones who were sleep deprived performed
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| related to sleep deprivation in the US.
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| | equally bad as the ones with 0.5 blood
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| There were as well 2, 474,430 disabling
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| | alcohol level.
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| injuries resulting from accidents where
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| | What are the factors that have a direct
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| decreased mental efficiency and
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| | effect on a drivers tiredness?a) The
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| attentiveness due to sleep loss was the
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| | amount of time the driver has been on the
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| major causative factor. In fact, a major
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| | road. When a driver has been on the road
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| review conducted in 1996 suggested that
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| | for 8 or more hours, his driving
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| the oil spill of the Exxon Valdez, the
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| | performance is impaired. The risk of
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| destruction of the space shuttle
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| | accidents increases.b) The amount of
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| Challenger, the nuclear accident at
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| | sleep the driver had the night before.
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| Chernobyl( costing over 50,000 lives) and
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| | Not having any sleep for 16 hours has a
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| the near nuclear accidents at the Three
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| | serious impact on driving performance.
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| Mile Island and Peach Bottom reactors
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| | Research shows that the sleeping period
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| were all associated with sleep
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| | of drivers who are involved in road
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| deprivation of the personnel involved.
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| | accidents are shorter than the ones of
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| Sleep deprivation is often caused by
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| | those who had sufficient sleep.c) Sleep
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| sleep disorders which are unknown to the
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| | disorders and Obesity. Sleep disorders
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| subjects themselves. Sleep apnea, for
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| | like sleep apnea or narcolepsy in truck
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| example, is a common cause for sleep
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| | drivers are a major risk factor. In the
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| deficit. A study at the Sleep Disorders
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| | same Stanford University Study mentioned
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| and Research Center of Stanford
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| | above, even weight can seriously affect
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| University Medical School showed that
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| | the frequency of traffic accidents. Obese
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| truck drivers identified with sleep
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| | drivers with a body mass more than 30 kg
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| disordered breathing had a two-fold
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| | also presented a two-fold higher accident
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| higher accident rate than drivers without
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| | rate than non-obese drivers.d)
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| sleep-disordered breathing. Sleep
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| | Environmental factors. The lack of
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| disordered breathing, commonly known as
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| | resting and parking facilities for
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| sleep apnea, affects 15 million people in
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| | drivers is another factor that
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| the United States. This condition,
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| | contributes to the accident rate.
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| characterized by suffocation and oxygen
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| | What can we do to ensure that we get
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| deprivation which wake the subjects up
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| | adequate sleep?a) Set up a bedtime
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| several times in the course of the night,
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| | ritualthe same time to bed, the same
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| is responsible for daytime sleepiness and
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| | routines like reading in bed or listening
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| fatigue. Put these subjects on the
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| | to relaxing music.b) See your doctor if
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| highway and we have a recipe for
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| | you have snoring or breathing problems,
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| disastrous traffic accidents.
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| | daytime fatigue, morning headaches, night
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| Perhaps an examination of the influence
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| | time choking episodes. You could have
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| sleep deprivation has on our mental
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| | sleep apnea which can be treated with new
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| acuity and performance level can shed
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| | devices and technology.c) If you are
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| light on how we can protect ourselves and
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| | overweight, take the steps to bring down
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| others from the disastrous consequences
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| | your weight. Obesity is a common factor
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| of sleep fatigue.
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| | in sleeplessness.d) Get into a routine of
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| What happens to you when you are sleep
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| | exercise during the day. Do not exercise
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| deprived? According to the Traffic
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| | after 7Pm as the activity could be over
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| Research Center, these are the influences
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| | stimulating and prevent you from
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| of sleep deprivation on performance:a)
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| | sleeping.
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| Slower reaction time: sleeplessness slows
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| | A simple thing like sleep is nothing to
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| down your reflexes; reaction time slows
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| | be dismissed. More and more studies are
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| down, preventing you from stopping in
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| | revealing a direct link between our
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| times of danger.b) Decrease in
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| | nighttime and daytime experiences.
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