This session was recorded during Sleep DownUnder 2024. It delves into the critical intersection of sleep and driving safety. Explore the science behind sleep deprivation and its impact on driving performance, including reaction times and decision-making abilities. Learn about innovative technologies for monitoring driver alertness and discuss effective strategies for raising awareness and implementing interventions to prevent sleepiness driving incidents.

Whether you're a healthcare professional, policymaker, or industry stakeholder, this session offers valuable insights and contributes to the development of solutions for safer roads and healthier communities. Don't miss this opportunity to be at the forefront of the fight against sleepiness at the wheel.

Presentations

• Obstructive sleep apnea and sleepiness at the wheel - Maria Bonsignore
• Driving phenotyping – deciphering who’s at risk before they get behind the wheel. Current research to date and relevant technological advances in biomarkers of alertness and driving failure - Andrew Vakulin
• On road assessments for sleepiness: the current methods for on road sleepiness detection and future developments, a roadside “sleepalyzer” - Mark Howard

This learning activity takes approximately 1.5 hours and earns 1.5 CPD points.

Enrolment costs $30 for ASA members and $60 for others.

• Training Hours: 1.50