With the stresses, lifestyle and diet of the average truck driver this should serve as a warning that you may suffer a serious problem and should be a cause of concern for anyone not simply the truck driver. The good news is that this condition can be controlled successfully and current medical therapies more often than not lead to a long and productive life…
A-Fib or Artrial fibrillation is one type of arrhythmia and is the most common and well known to truck drivers. It is an abnormal heart rhythm characterized by the rapid and irregular beating of the atrial chambers of the heart…
Heart murmurs a relatively common in our society. According to the American Heart Association a heart murmur exists in 40 to 45% of children and 10 percent of adults. Murmurs can come and go throughout a person’s lifetime, and most are innocent. Also, since murmurs don’t often cause noticeable symptoms, you could have a murmur and not even know it.
Medical examiners are all aware of the fact that
drivers that have difficulties identifying certain colors can also be a danger to
themselves and others while on the road. That said, medical examiners often times
confuse being color blind to being unable to drive safely. This is far from the truth…
While a stroke is not always fatal, it can often result in long-lasting, debilitating effects. Being a truck driver also has other hurtles to overcome even if the stroke mild with no log lasting effects. Things like waiting periods and medical clearance requirements can make it difficult to make a living even when treating providers feel a driver can return to driving. So what do drives need to know?…
Truck drivers are no different than everyone else within the general population within our country. They suffer many of the same types of medical conditions and other problems. That said, due to the lifestyle and stress associated with their work, they are at greater risk for suffering certain medical problems and events. This is very true as it relates to truck drivers and heart attacks…
Recent articles proclaimed a truth that manufacturers in all industry sectors know all too well: “You can’t build jets working from home.” As law offices, financial services firms, and tech companies close their doors and require employees to “work from home,” manufacturers face the reality that manufacturing requires employees to work on site. There is no factory production work from home. Intermittent leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act and workers’ compensation absences are hard enough to manage in the ordinary course of business. But the challenge to staff a factory becomes much more daunting every day during this COVID-19 pandemic, with emphasis on self-quarantine, social distancing, and avoiding groups of as few as 10 people…
After President Trump declared a national emergency to help deal with the coronavirus outbreak, the U.S. Department of Transportation has exempted certain truck drivers from HOS rules. This kind of regulatory relief has happened on the state level before, states pausing drive time limits inside the state during natural disasters, and Connecticut and Ohio have done so again for this current health crisis. But the federal government has never done so in the 82-year history of the legislation…
Despite the FMCSA waiver program that stipulates that drivers who’s certification card expires between March 1, 2020 and June 30,2020, there will still be a need for DOT medical exams during that period. There will also be a significant need for recertification exams many of which are still required.