how long is a doctors shift
A doctor who has no sleep during the day leading into a shift will have gone 20-25 hours without sleep. During a night shift: Eat and drink properly â Follow a similar eating pattern to the one you follow in the day.
Get plenty of sleep â A doctor who has no sleep during the day leading into a shift will have gone 20-25 hours without sleep. This could reduce their psychomotor performance to the level of someone with an alcohol concentration of 0.10% â the legal limit to drive is 0.08%.