Sleep management system implementation

IV. Guidance and Doctrine for Sleep Management System Implementation... 

A vital component of any sleep management system is guidance and doctrine for its implementation. Ideally, such information would (a) be built into the sleep management system s software (b) be automatically triggered by the combination of sleep/wake history, performance prediction, and projected mission requirements and (c) generate specific recommendations for pharmacological... 

Lead elements are now only 2-3 hr from take-off. As suggested by the sleep management system software, commanders elect to implement the sleep-induc-tion/rapid-reawakening system for all soldiers once they are airborne. This consists of two pills, orally administered, given sequentially. The first, a sleep inducer, is administered prior to the sleep period to induce sleep. The second, an antidote to the sleep inducer, is administered at the end of the sleep interval to restore full alertness and cognitive readiness. Once airborne, soldiers take their sleep inducer. Light levels, noise, and commotion are kept to a minimum during the sleep period. After 6.5 hr of sleep, the soldiers are awakened. Immediately,... 

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