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Driving and Your HealthThe Australasian Sleep Association has been proud to have contributed to the
recently announced Driving and Your Health campaign, launched by Ausroads
and the National Transport Commission. The program is aimed at commercial
drivers and transport operators with practical information to help them
address health issues such as sleep disorders. Keeping drivers safe and
healthy, and keeping them on the road are the key aims of the campaign. The
catchphrase of the campaign is that “Commercial drivers are encouraged to
think about it”. Public awareness will be raised through various media
outlets, including on the truckers radio site The Big Rig.
A comprehensive resource kit and other information can be downloaded from
the NTC website . An excellent fact sheets on sleep disorders and driver
fatigue can be directly access through the following a link www.ntc.gov.au/FileView.aspx?page=A02206503300970020. I would
strongly urge all practitioners and laboratories to consider downloading
this information sheet to give out to individuals, or have it displayed in
your clinics and laboratories.
Other fact sheets on sleep apnoea in general, and the effect of fatigue and
driving can also be downloaded from the NTC website www.ntc.gov.au. At the
end of the Driving and Your Health campaign in August, we will make
available on the ASA web site author relevant information leaflets. The
Assessing Fitness to Drive document can be downloaded from the Austroads
website www.austroads.com.au |
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