Dr. Glenn Landry: Firefighters can ‘shock the system’ back to a healthy sleep routine
If we do our jobs today, we’re going to help you get some much-needed sleep – hopefully after the show. Joining Better Every Shift this week is Dr. Glenn Landry, a sleep expert who specializes in shift work, detailing how firefighters can work at night without shifting circadian rhythms and disrupting critical sleep functions.
We dig into all this:
Tips for preparing the body for sleep
How sleep “washes the brain”
Misconceptions related to the body’s ability to adapt to less sleep
Why we aren’t who we think we are when we’re sleep-deprived
The impact of sleep deprivation on fireground…
The skinny
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