Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring among emergency medical services night shift workers.
P Daniel PattersonKristina A MountzMichael G AgostinelliMatthew D WeaverYi-Chuan YuBrandon M HerbertMark A MarkosyanDavid R HopkinsAlana C AlameidaJohn A Maloney IiiSarah E MartinBridget N BrassilChristian Martin-GillFrancis X GuyetteClifton W CallawayDaniel J BuyssePublished in: Occupational and environmental medicine (2020)
During night shift work, the BP dipping of EMS shift workers is blunted; however, most who nap for 60 min or longer experience a healthy dip in BP. The potential health consequences of these observations in EMS clinicians warrant further study.