There's a lot of information out there about sleep! As an emergency responder it is tough to figure out how it all applies to you and your specific situation. Especially if you work shifts.

This week's Firefighter Craftsmanship podcast features Dr. Mark Petrun a longtime pulmonologist with a specialty in sleep medicine who's been involved in the sleep conversation since the early 1980's! Along with having many shift working emergency responder patients over the years, Dr. Petrun's son is an engineer for a career fire department so he personally understands the impact of the occupation, the shift schedule impact and the importance of sleep for emergency response.

In this episode we cover:

• Why naps are so important and the cultures that prevent them from occuring
• The impact of sleep deprivation on cardiac disease, chr ...