With the increasing number of cars in China, the number of drivers is also growing. However, some riders always focus on the high performance of the car, ignoring the cultivation of their own quality, leading to undue accidents. It is necessary for car owners to know the health care knowledge related to driving in order to effectively protect their health and safety.
Reasonable diet
Because of the professional characteristics of drivers (especially taxi drivers), such as driving alone, long running time, high labor intensity, hot and cold all the year round, and high physical consumption, the nervous system is in a state of high excitement and tension during driving, and the body needs to get enough nutritional supplements in time. If you don't eat enough, the kinds of food are unreasonable, or the interval between meals is too long, and your body can't get enough nutritional supplements, it will cause hypoglycemia. Because blood sugar is the main source of brain cell energy, hypoglycemia will lead to insufficient brain function, make drivers inattentive and slow to respond, and affect driving safety. So drivers should pay special attention to their nutrition and diet.
In order to get enough nutrition, drivers must take the following measures: eat on time every day and form good habits; Avoid overeating; Pay attention to the diversification of diet varieties; Pay attention to food hygiene, don't eat in the street, don't eat cold food, and wash raw fruits and vegetables.
Rational use of brain
The brain is like an efficient and precise automatic machine, and it will get tired after working for a certain period of time. This is a signal from the cerebral cortex to prevent excessive consumption, suggesting that it is time to rest. So, how do drivers use their brains reasonably? The following measures are essential: choose the best time to use your brain. According to research, the working ability of brain cells changes rhythmically. Generally, after working for a period of time, the ability gradually increases, and then gradually decreases. In a day, there are two peak periods of transportation capacity from 8 am to 1 pm and from 4 pm to 6 pm. Drivers will make fewer mistakes when driving if they can master the laws of brain changes.
It is generally believed that adults need more than 8 hours of sleep every day to adjust the excessive tension of the brain.
Psychological stability
People's emotional, psychological and behavioral changes are not only influenced by endocrine, but also by many factors such as family discord, work frustration, accidents, social interpersonal tension and so on. Recent studies have found that seasonal changes can also lead to emotional changes. If the winter weather is cold and the sunshine time is short, people stay indoors for a long time, or the ambient temperature exceeds 30℃ and the sunshine time exceeds 12 hours, the incidence of emotional disorder will increase obviously (medically called seasonal emotional disorder). Emotional disorders mainly have the following manifestations:
First, emotional irritability, love to lose your temper. Second, I am depressed and I am not interested in anything. Third, abnormal behavior and strange actions.
Therefore, it is very important for drivers to prevent emotional disorders and maintain psychological stability. The key to the problem is that every driver should establish a correct outlook on life, strengthen his belief, enhance his psychological endurance, and keep an optimistic attitude at all times and under all circumstances, be open-minded, tolerant and generous, and not haggle over every ounce. It is not easy to do this, and it needs long-term tempering on the road of life.
For seasonal affective disorder, the main measure is to increase sleep time as much as possible (especially in hot summer); When the ambient temperature changes dramatically, we should pay attention to keep warm in winter, prevent overheating in summer, and avoid excessive body consumption as much as possible; Appropriate participation in physical exercise or recreational activities after meals to reverse bad emotions and complex emotions; For severe emotional disorders, you can consult a doctor.
Regular activities
Because drivers (especially taxi drivers) need to maintain a single posture for a long time, lack of exercise, and are in a state of high mental tension for a long time, drivers' soft tissues (muscles, fascia, etc. ) are all due to poor blood circulation, relative hypoxia, and accumulation of acidic products. If you can often change your posture, increase your activity and promote blood circulation in the early stage, this fatigue will soon disappear.
A survey of 3,500 drivers showed that 20% of them had different degrees of muscle strain. In fact, the prevention method is very simple, that is, drivers should appropriately increase exercise in their daily lives. For example, after driving for a few hours, stop for a walk, stretch, move your limbs and relax, which will eliminate muscle fatigue. It is also advisable for qualified drivers to take a hot bath after work every day.
ventilating device
A medical survey shows that in recent years, the prevalence of respiratory tract among drivers is on the rise. The reason is that air pollution only plays a role of 20%, and the main pathogenic factor lies in vehicle air pollution. Why? This is because the space inside the car is narrow, the doors and windows are closed (especially in winter), and the air is not easy to circulate, causing pollution.
Drivers who live and work in a polluted environment will feel dizzy, rather than quick thinking, which will affect work efficiency. In addition, they will easily catch a cold, their resistance will drop, and other diseases will be induced. Especially, when harmful gases increase in large quantities, it will directly stimulate the central nervous system, which is not conducive to the function of the brain, and even cause brain dysfunction, resulting in a series of manifestations, such as indifference, rigidity, inattention, irritability, unresponsiveness, and even visual, auditory, sense of direction and other obstacles. Obviously, these performances are not conducive to the safe driving of drivers.
In order to avoid the above situation, the simplest, most fundamental and most effective measure for drivers is ventilation. Always open the window when driving (especially in winter) to keep the air inside the car ventilated and fresh; Smoking in the car is strictly prohibited; In hot summer, drivers should pay special attention to personal hygiene, wash their skin frequently and change clothes and socks frequently; When using the air conditioner in the car in hot season, do not enjoy the cool for a long time or sleep in the car; Always clean the interior of the car; When driving for a long time, the driver should stop to have a rest and catch his breath.