ACS releases sleep apnea white paper
January 6, 2011
| by: Truckers News Staff
ACS finds in its recently published white paper that action is needed pertaining to obstructive sleep apnea due to its growing prevalence among the truck-driving population. ACS and its OSA solution partner propose an end-to-end sleep apnea diagnostic, treatment and compliance network for transportation to combat what it sees as a looming driver shortage.
ACS Expedited Solutions, a Xerox company, is a Fortune 150 company with numerous data and intellect resources in the trucking industry and whose endeavors include Expedited Solutions and TripPak Services.
Click to read the ACS Sleep Apnea White Paper.
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I am a51 yr old male who weighs 285 lbs. my neck is 19″ and I still have my tonsils. I also smoke. According to the standards set forth I should be a prime Candidate for sleep apnea. Our Company MRO, who i might add is not even a licensed Physician looked at all of that and flat told me that I had sleep apnea and needed to be tested and get a Cpap machine or I would lose my job. I went to a pulminary Specialist and After looking at me said the same thing. YOU ARE FAT AND YOU HAVE SLEEP APNEA. Even wanted to discuss the kind of CPAP I would need.I looked him in the eye and called him a liar but told him I would take your test just to prove you wrong. He then proceeded to tell me if I do the test properly that I would fail. according to him 99.3% of people who take the test failed. I took the test and passed. In 8hrs I quit breathing 7 times and that was only when I changed positions. The Company MRO still believes I have sleep apnea but won’t push it any further. I might also add my Blood Pressure is 104/58 and I am also a diabetic who takes medication to control it and it works nicely. I am losing weight. Over 45 lbs in a year and still losing. My Family physician knows me better then anyone else in the world where my health is concerned and she knew I did not have sleep apnea.
My problem with all of this is the box you want to put everyone in. Just because someone is overweight or smokes or is diabetic, they are a danger to themselves and everyone else on the highways.I have been trucking for 30 yrs now and my health has NEVER affected my job and my abilities out here on the road. Get rid of the box and start looking at people on a 1 on 1 basis. Family physicians know more then someone in an office somewhere passing laws that affect the lives of drivers everyday.
If you haven’t spent time behind the wheel what qualifies you to tell the rest of us what our problems are???? Start treating us like human being instead of a statistic and life would be alot better for all of us.