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Situational Awareness Matters Volume 3 - eBook
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Situational Awareness Matters Volume 3 - eBook
Product Details
Situational Awareness Matters!
Volume 3
eBook
272 pages
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This eBook is a collection of articles from the Situational Awareness Matters! website. Situational Awareness Matters is completely dedicated to the mission of helping first responders see the bad things coming in time to change the outcome.
To say that situational awareness is important for first responders would be a gross understatement. It is the leading cause of near miss events and the leading contributing factor for casualty events. The motivation for this work comes my passion to improve the safety of the dedicated men and women serving on the line protecting their communities every day. I am truly humbled to play a small part in helping to protect the protectors.
I have dedicated the past seven years of my life to the study of the art and science of decision making and to learn as much as I possibly can about situational awareness in the high-risk, high-consequence decision making environments of first responders, aviation, medicine, military, nuclear energy and others. Many of these lessons are rooted on cognitive psychology and other fields of neuroscience.
While my doctoral work and extensive research are the foundation of my contributions to this book, I am also a firefighter. I go to great lengths to avoid using complex scientific terms or phenomenon. The lessons contained here are too important to risk your misunderstanding.
How to use this eBook
The chapters in this eBook are dedicated to improving your situational awareness. Many of the chapters feature discussion questions that can be used during classroom sessions, hands-on training evolutions or coffee table discussions. The greatest value will come when you share the knowledge you acquire from this book with others.
Chapters
1 - The physical, chemical and emotional impact of stress
2 - Types of stress
3 - Some stress is good
4 - Communications overload impacts situational awareness
5 - Hyper vigilance
6 - Tunnel vision
7 - Auditory exclusion
8 - Information overload
9 - Time distortion
10 - Creatures of habit
11 - Commanders in turnout gear?
12 - Mobile data computers and situational awareness
13 - Peer pressure can impact situational awareness
14 - Situational awareness starts with the size-up
15 - When the puzzle pieces don’t fit
16 - Every building on fire is in the process of falling down
17 - Noise impacts situational awareness
18 - Five situational awareness lessons from a LODD
19 - Nine dangerous mindsets: The starter
20 - Nine dangerous mindsets: The subordinate
21 - Nine dangerous mindsets: The specialist
22 - Nine dangerous mindsets: The superior
23 - Nine dangerous mindsets: The stubborn
24 - Nine dangerous mindsets: The silent
25 - Nine dangerous mindsets: Super Man/Woman
26 - Nine dangerous mindsets: The slacker
27 - Nine dangerous mindsets: The synergist
28 - Independent action can impact situational awareness
29 - Tracking of personnel
30 - Staffing for the mayday/rapid intervention
About the author
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.
