This year’s “Summer of Sleep 2011″ program is scheduled to run from June 1st through September 6th. Activities will include participation at Special Events and Public Outreach opportunities within British Columbia.
The summer concludes with our participation at the Pacific National Exhibition, last year over four hundred people attended our booth, and participated in our sleep apnea screening.
Our outstanding student teams (four students) from both 2009 & 2010, have developed a background of experience that we have incorporated into our current program, creating a streamlined and highly effective process. The result is a unique and important health initiative being brought to our British Columbia communities.
The student experience this year features direct involvement of the students within Dr. Halstrom’s Vancouver clinic. This involvement allows students to widen their base of experience being involved directly in the therapy phase both at the Kamloops TRU based clinic, and at Dr. Halstrom’s facility.
Sleep Apnea Info:
“According to the Canadian Lung Association sleep apnea is actually quite common, yet most people have not been diagnosed. However this reality is changing fast with the emergence of simple and effective diagnosis / treatment and increasing public awareness.
Early treatment intervention is seen as a way to minimize collateral damage from the problems associated with sleep apnea, such as:
- high blood pressure;
- heart attack;
- stroke; and
- diabetes.
Snoring is the first and most obvious sign of sleep apnea!
The Summer of Sleep program is dedicated to bringing awareness and treatment, to this under diagnosed and very serious health condition.
Workforce Initiative:
The mission of this program is to improve employee health, performance, and quality of life by the identification and treatment of obstructive sleep apnea.
We will accomplish this through the achievement of the following goals and objectives:
- To Educate – through a coordinated awareness program;
- To Identify – through screening;
- To Diagnose – through primary care medicine & sleep specialist;
- To Treat – those patients who are diagnosed with sleep apnea; and
- To Report – data and results of the summer program.