
Mental Management of Emergencies:
Improving first responder situational awareness and decision making under stress
Created and presented by Dr. Richard B. Gasaway, Fire Chief (ret.)
4.5 hours of content on 3 DVDs
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Program Description: This 3 DVD series is designed to get first responders “into the loop” and improve your understanding of high-risk, high consequence decision making. This program reveals secrets hospitals, airlines, NASA and the Department of Defense know about how to use situational awareness to improve decision making under stress.
About the creator
Richard B. Gasaway, PhD, CSP is widely considered a trusted authority on human factors, situational awareness and the high-risk decision making processes used in high-stress, high consequence work environments. He served 33 years on the front lines as a firefighter, EMT-Paramedic, company officer, training officer, fire chief and emergency incident commander. His doctoral research included the study of cognitive neuroscience to understand how human factors flaw situational awareness and impact high-risk decision making.