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by adharmad 4443 days ago
Not sure why you were downvoted, but this is the exact reason that a couple of my relatives in medical profession gave when asked why their training involved 24-36 hour shifts routinely with very few sleep breaks.
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I think it makes sense in training (under supervision), it's just doing it as an all encompassing lifestyle that I think makes no sense.
Well, the downvoting didn't stick.

I learned this primarily from my mother, who was a RN nurse anesthetist, and a doctor who became my father's primary hunting partner about the time I was old enough to start actively hunting.