Dennis Mixer

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Sleep and Professional Effectiveness

• Dennis Mixer
• IWU Affiliate Faculty

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Epworth Sleepiness Scale

• 10

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How Many?

• to 82,000,000 people

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How Much?

• 150 - 189.5 BILLION

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Decreases in Function?

• Memory Function up to 20
• Decision-Making Function up to 50
• Microsleep up to 100

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Do you remember

• Space shuttle Challenger?
• Exxon Valdez
• Bophal, India
• Conrail accidents

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Symptoms of Sleep Deprivation
Behavioral, learning or social problems
Unnecessary risks
Blurred Vision
Tiredness
Vague Discomfort
Drowsiness during research lectures on sleep
deprivation!
Poor Concentration and Memory
Inability to tolerate stress
Breathing disorders
Depression
Frequent infections
Activity Intolerance
Altered appetite
Irritability and Edginess
Heart Disease
Napping
Decreased productivity
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Risk Factors

• Hyperthyroidism
• Acromegaly
• Amyloidosis
• Vocal Cord paralysis
• Marfan Syndrome
• Down Syndrome
• Neuromuscular disorders
• Tonsilhypertrophy

• COPD
• Impotency
• CHF
• Cardiac Arrhythmia
• Pulmonary Hypertension
• Cerebrovascular disease

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How much sleep do we need?

• That amount which, when you attain it on a
  steady basis, produces a full degree of daytime
  alertness and a feeling of well-being the
  following day
• John Shepard, Mayo Sleep Disorder Center

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• Adults need 7.5 hours
• Teenagers need 9 hours
• Children and infants - gt9 hours

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Key Problem

• Sleep deprivation messes up the bodys metabolism

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• Sleep deprived people make more mistakes.
• The same way alcohol does!

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Do Pharmaceuticals help?

• For the short termYES
• For the long term
  NO

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Sleeplessness is an illness that demands
resolution

• Sleep Studies can determine cause and best
  resolution
• Managers must educate employees
• Businesses must adjust stressors to create a good
  environment
• Develop the right corporate culture

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• This is a
• Wake up call!

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Theological Application
Proverbs 35-6 Trust in the Lord with all
your heart, and do not rely on your own
insight. 6 In all your ways acknowledge
him, and he will make straight your
paths.

• to sleep, long and soundly, is to place our
  trust not in our own strength and hard work, but
  in Him without whom we labor in vain.
• Pueuy