No Doctor Should Work 30 Hours Straight with No Sleep

Re:No Doctor Should Work 30 Hours Straight with No Sleep by dougmccune on Tuesday December 20, 2016 @05:54PM (#13225082)

Even if there are people like yourself who actually want to work 17 hour days for 7 days in a row (!), shouldn't we as patients be able to have doctors who are not allowed to do that insanity? Medical error is the #3 cause of death in the US. It seems entirely irresponsible to take someone's life into your hands without proper rest.

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Re:No Doctor Should Work 30 Hours Straight with No Sleep by maxerickson on Tuesday December 20, 2016 @06:43PM (#13225445)

work 17 hour days for 7 days in a row (!)

They explicitly said 17 hours was rare.

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Re:No Doctor Should Work 30 Hours Straight with No Sleep by dougmccune on Tuesday December 20, 2016 @07:28PM (#13225713)

Ah, I probably misread the comment a bit. I read it as working 7am to past midnight is rare, making 7am to midnight (or just before) normal. But you're probably right in that what was meant was that there are other, more sane working hours (not defined in the comment) that are the normal conditions.

But yes, to agree with the sibling comment, I'd prefer to never have any doctor in any hospital seeing a patient after they have been working for 17 or more straight hours.

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Re:No Doctor Should Work 30 Hours Straight with No Sleep by parenteral on Tuesday December 20, 2016 @08:46PM (#13226160)

I'm usually in around 0800-0830 and out by 1700-1800

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Re:No Doctor Should Work 30 Hours Straight with No Sleep by trowawee on Tuesday December 20, 2016 @07:03PM (#13225565)

I don't really care how rare it is; I never want to be treated by someone who's been going for more than 8 hours, much less someone who's been going for 17.

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