Ric
Active Member
Hi, regardless of what you feel or think, working excessive hours is dangerous.
After a certain length of time AWAKE, regardless of your work load, your body produces toxins that are similar to the effects of being drunk. This will vary from individual to individual but starts to become noticeable after 12 hours awake (yes as little as that!)
There is no solution, no drug or break will actually reduce the toxins in your body. There is nothing that will fix this apart from real actual sleep!
Sleep deficit is what occurs from doing this for multiple days in a row; effectively your time span before your body becomes 'drunk' reduces the more in sleep debt you become. Each waking period you become affected sooner.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_deprivation
"According to a 2000 study published in the British Medical Journal, researchers in Australia and New Zealand reported that sleep deprivation can have some of the same hazardous effects as being drunk.[27] People who drove after being awake for 17–19 hours performed worse than those with a blood alcohol level of .05 percent, which is the legal limit for drunk driving in most western European countries and Australia. Another study suggested that performance begins to degrade after 16 hours awake, and 21 hours awake was equivalent to a blood alcohol content of .08 percent, which is the blood alcohol limit for drunk driving in Canada, the U.S., and the U.K.[28] "
Much like information on rigging on this site, NO-ONE should be recommending ways in which to make extended working hours happen (30 hours straight!? ). This is deadly and I am stunned that it is even being considered.
Shame guys, shame !
Cheers,
Ric
After a certain length of time AWAKE, regardless of your work load, your body produces toxins that are similar to the effects of being drunk. This will vary from individual to individual but starts to become noticeable after 12 hours awake (yes as little as that!)
There is no solution, no drug or break will actually reduce the toxins in your body. There is nothing that will fix this apart from real actual sleep!
Sleep deficit is what occurs from doing this for multiple days in a row; effectively your time span before your body becomes 'drunk' reduces the more in sleep debt you become. Each waking period you become affected sooner.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_deprivation
"According to a 2000 study published in the British Medical Journal, researchers in Australia and New Zealand reported that sleep deprivation can have some of the same hazardous effects as being drunk.[27] People who drove after being awake for 17–19 hours performed worse than those with a blood alcohol level of .05 percent, which is the legal limit for drunk driving in most western European countries and Australia. Another study suggested that performance begins to degrade after 16 hours awake, and 21 hours awake was equivalent to a blood alcohol content of .08 percent, which is the blood alcohol limit for drunk driving in Canada, the U.S., and the U.K.[28] "
Much like information on rigging on this site, NO-ONE should be recommending ways in which to make extended working hours happen (30 hours straight!? ). This is deadly and I am stunned that it is even being considered.
Shame guys, shame !
Cheers,
Ric
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