Sleep Deprivation: Habits, Solutions, and Strategies Teach-Out

Many excellent websites provide additional information about the impacts of sleep deprivation.

Take a few minutes to read at least one of the following articles, or find one of your own to share with fellow learners:

• Sometimes the best way to understand the devastating toll taken every day by sleep deprivation is to read about one family that fell victim to drowsy driving.
• The National Safety Council website has informative facts and advice about sleep deprivation and its impact on the road, work, and other settings. The site has a fatigue cost calculator that estimates the dollar cost of fatigue to your business, and how much could be saved by programs that can be implemented in the workplace.
• The American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) summarizes the personal health risks of getting less than 7 hours of sleep. Read this if your motivation wavers.

Sleep deprivation is a public health hazard often resulting in senseless injuries and fatalities due to drowsy driving. Join the members of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) as they strive to make our roads and highways safer. Call your representatives today; urge your lawmakers to sponsor federal policy identifying the unique dangers of drowsy driving while promoting awareness to prioritizing healthy sleep. View the AASM's model drowsy driving resolution here.