Objective assessment of sleep and fatigue risk in emergency medicine physicians.

Lauren A FowlerEmily L HirshZachary KlinefelterMargaret SulzbachThomas W Britt

Published in: Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (2022)

Fatigue is an issue for many EPs. The present study addressed the percentage of time EPs are in a fatigued state when on shift over an extended duration of time. More research is needed to examine system-level interventions for reducing fatigue in EPs.

Keyphrases

sleep quality
emergency medicine
physical activity
primary care