ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL, CAN YOU IMAGINE!
Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Information Session
TUESDAY, MARCH 06, 2012

The Toronto Trucking Association is pleased to have Tammy Draper Registered Respiratory Therapist coming to speak to our group.   Tammy is with Motion Specialists a Canadian Company providing a Canadian solution for the identification and management of Obstructive Sleep Apnea.

There was a research study on sleep apnea sponsored by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and the American Transportation Research Institute of the American Trucking Association involving those holding a commercial driver’s license.  It found that 28.1 percent of those studied had some form of sleep apnea.

Motion Specialists along with Philips Respironics has developed a program Sleep Well, Drive Safe.  Their program is designed to help trucking companies achieve a reduction in driver turnover, liability premiums and costs related to motor vehicle accidents due to fatigue attributable to Obstructive Sleep Apnea. 

Facts about drivers treated for sleep apnea:
            -           73% reduction in preventable driving accidents
            -           48% reduction in annual health care costs
            -           Retention rate 2.29 times greater than company-wide driver retention rates

DATE:            Tuesday, March 6th

TIME:              8:30 a.m. Registration, 9:00 a.m. Presentation

WHERE:        TTA Office, 555 Dixon Road, Toronto, Classroom B

COST:            TTA Member:   $35 +HST
                        Non-Member:   $70 +HST

To register for this information presentation please email cburbidge@tta.on.ca or call our office at 416-248-6211

Download the registration PDF here.