ChirpE - 2017 NSC Congress & Expo: Sessions

Fatigue in Our Heroes: Addressing Fatigue Risk in First Responders (Room 239)

25 Sep 17

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Tracks: Risk Reduction and Management

Speaker(s): P. Daniel Patterson, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Department of Emergency Medicine; Charles Czeisler, Chief, Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders Departments of Medicine and Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Matthew Weaver, Postdoctoral Fellow, Sleep Health Institute, Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Division of Sleep Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Moderator(s): Carl Heinlein, Senior Safety Consultant, American Contractors Insurance Group Inc.;

First responders, including police, firefighters and EMS, often suffer from fatigue due to long hours and night shifts. Coupled with the dangerous nature of their jobs, first responders are at increased risk of fatigue-related incidents. This session will discuss new research on fatigue in first responders and how to mitigate fatigue-related risks.