General Medical issues thread

[Quickstatus]

The studies say work fatigue is the same as being drunk.

Several studies suggest driving after 16hrs of being awake equates to a BAC of 0.05

 

[andye]

I remember having a few wobbles on the motorway, while working a similar pattern and driving to meet up with the future mrsandye who was living a 2.5 hour drive away.
Quite scary, but she was (and remains) a compelling proposition

 

[k_sheep]

I drove home after night shift one day - to the house I hadn't lived at for 3 years. I was wondering why there was a strange car in the driveway.

Scary stuff.

 

[drron]

Well NSW JRMOs officially got the 40 hour week in 1974 in law Still not in fact 52 years later.

I did an Orthopaedics term in my first year. Rostered time on was an average of 127 hours per week supposedly. I was rostered on for Good Friday and Easter saturday. We were the on call hospital for the Easter Motorcycle races at Bathurst. I began work at 7am on Thursday with no brakes until I finished at 1pm Sunday.
Awoke 7pm Monday in my bed at home wondering how the heck did I get there. Though my car was in the driveway.