Sleep and cognitive performance of flight nurses after 12-hour evening versus 18-hour shifts
Air Medical JournalPublished 29 August 2006
Frank Thomas, Ramona O. Hopkins, Diana Handrahan, James A. Walker, Judi Carpenter
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Actigraphy may be a useful tool for air medical programs that want to objectively assess whether adequate sleep is occurring in individuals working extended (>12 hours) or unusual duty shifts to find no difference or decline in the cognitive function of flight nurses working either a 12-hour evening or 18-hour shift during a 72-hour duty schedule.
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Provided adequate daily sleep (at least 7 hours/day) is obtained, we found no difference or decline in the cognitive function of flight nurses working either a 12-hour evening or 18-hour shift during a 72-hour duty schedule. Eighteen-hour duty shifts may be a practical economical means of expanding the period of helicopter site coverage without adversely affecting cognitive performance in medical crewmembers. Actigraphy may be a useful tool for air medical programs that want to objectively assess whether adequate sleep is occurring in individuals working extended (>12 hours) or unusual duty shifts.
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