• NaibofTabr@infosec.pub
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    15 hours ago

    A lot of EMTs work 24-hour shifts, and 48-hour shifts are not uncommon. The thought that the ambulance driver on the road next to me might be at hour 46 is… frequently worrying.

    The problem isn’t the EMTs being incompetent, the problem is with the industry standards and the employers.

    • Sauerkraut@discuss.tchncs.de
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      8 hours ago

      I was forced to work a few 24+ hour shifts in healthcare and working on zero sleep fucked me up. It gave me migraines, vomiting, insomnia, manic depression and I felt like I was going to have a heart attack.

      It is beyond cruel and inhumane that employers can force people to work without sleep. It is so fucked that not allowing someone to sleep is considered a form of torture by the Geneva convention.