Improving Alertness and Performance in Emergency Department Physicians and Nurses: The Use of Planned Naps

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Smith Coggins, Rebecca ^a   Howard, Steven K ^a,b   Mac, Dat T ^b   Wang, Cynthia ^a   Kwan, Sharon ^a   Rosekind, Mark R ^c   Sowb, Yasser ^b   Balise, Raymond ^a   Levis, Joel ^a,d   Gaba, David M ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c Alertness Solutions Inc   (United States)

^d KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; COGNITION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DRIVING ABILITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; RECALL; SCORING SYSTEM; SHIFT WORKER; SIMULATION; SOMNOLENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIDEORECORDING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 33749673573     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2006.02.005     Document Type: Article

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