Why is sleep health important for Workplace Safety and Occupational Medicine? Did you know… FACT: Fatigued workers are 70% more likely to be involved in workplace accidents. FACT: Sleep-related fatigue costs business $150 billion a year in medical costs, absenteeism, workplace accidents, and lost productivity. FACT: Presenteeism (attending work while sick), accidents, poor judgment and… Read more »
The true star of Paradise Sleep Children’s Books Series is WASO the owl. WASO (Wake After Sleep Onset). This is what parents complain about most. Parents commonly eventually get their kids to sleep, but they wake up and come back to parents room, do things around the house, etc… This is why WASO is… Read more »
Treatments for Pediatric OSA (Obstructive Sleep Apnea) is one of the most sleep disorders around, even in pediatrics. The main treatment for OSA in Pediatrics is a TnA (Tonsillectomy and Adenoidectomy). However, it is important to note that only 2-3% of the Pediatric population has OSA, yet 10% of the Pediatric population has BPS (Benign… Read more »
Polysomnography (PSG) is a sleep study that records several changes in your physical body as you sleep. The breakdown of term is as follows: “Poly” which means “many”, “somn” which means “sleep” and “graphy” which means “writing or to record.” So putting each part together, poly-somno-graphy means we record many things in sleep. The polysomnography records… Read more »
• One-Third of our lives are spent in sleep. • Learning and memory is directly tied to sleep. • In 1998, in the U.S.A. there were 2,474,430 disabling injuries resulting from accidents where decreased mental efficiency and attentiveness due to sleep loss was the major causative factor. • Sleep Apnea is an independent rick factor… Read more »
