Report urges more sleep for medical residents

[MMiz]

Report urges more sleep for medical residents

Doctors in training should work no longer than 16 hours in a row without a five-hour nap to reduce risk to patients, according to the Institute of Medicine.

Reforms imposed five years ago to rein in the long work hours put in by doctors in training don't go far enough to reduce risks to both patients and sleep-deprived trainees, according to a report released Tuesday.

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What impact does this study have on EMS?

 

[Sapphyre]

Matt, I can see this having very little change for EMS. On the other hand, if someone with authority were to associate what we do with what residents do, and look at our hours, maybe, just maybe, we could get something. Of course, I really doubt it.

 

[Airwaygoddess]

That has been the on-going saga of medical residency for years and years.
Having worked at a teaching hospital it really does give you an eye opener on what these folks must do. -_--_--_-