Northwest Airlines flight 188 flew 150 miles past the Minneapolis-St. Paul airport, where passengers thought they would land the evening of Thurs., Oct 22, 2009. Federal officials say the pilots claim they were distracted, and one version is that they had been engaged in a heated discussion over airline policy.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) makes the following recommendations to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA):
Commercial truck accidentrs are a significant public health hazard causing thousands of deaths and injuries each year, with driver fatigue and sleepiness being major causes.
A new study has confirmed previous findings that obesity-driven testing strategies identify commercial truck drivers with a high likelihood of obstructive sleep apnea and suggests that mandating obstructive sleep apnea screenings could reduce the risk of truck crashes.
Royal Philips Electronics launched a program aimed at the trucking industry with hopes of increasing awareness of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), a potentially fatal sleep-breathing disorder that can negatively affect drivers and impact trucking companies.
Operated by Philips Respironics, the “Sleep Well, Drive Safe” program is designed to educate trucking company owners and create greater awareness of possible ways to reduce drowsy driving.
The benefits of “healthy driving” programs keep piling up for carriers in terms of healthier, happier, safer and more productive drivers, and all of that can’t help but boost retention rates while improving the bottom line.
Consider the case of Schneider National, Inc., for example. Earlier this year, Schneider National received the 2007 National Sleep Foundation Healthy Sleep Community Award for creating a groundbreaking obstructive sleep apnea OSA detection and treatment program for its drivers.
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As of May 2, 2009 at 9:47 p.m. (-0500) (ET), the U.S. population
was 306,340,710. Sleep researchers estimate approximately seven percent
of the population suffers from obstructive sleep apnea. Using that
estimate, there are potentially 21,443,850 apneics in the U.S.
~~ Apnea around the world ~~
As of May 2, 2009 at 9:47 p.m. (-0500) (ET), the world population
was 6,777,286,604. Sleep researchers estimate approximately seven percent
of the population suffers from obstructive sleep apnea. Using that
estimate, there are potentially 474,410,062 apneics in the world.
