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Decision Making

These are the first responder situational awareness and decision making issues and opportunities related to decision making.

Episode 147 | The Need for Skill Rehearsal

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  This episode discusses the importance of rehearsal as a means to strengthen team situational awareness. Length: 38 minutes Click the YouTube icon to listen     _____________________________________________________ If you are interested in taking your understanding of situational awareness and high-risk decision making to a higher level, check out the Situational Awareness Matters Online Academy. CLICK […]

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Expect the Unexpected and Improve Your Situational Awareness

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The advice “expect the unexpected” can lead to a great deal of criticism. [tweet this] For example, if one can expect something to happen, then it is (technically) no longer unexpected…and so on. Setting all the hair-splitting aside, to expect the unexpected is to anticipate the possibilities of events occurring in advance of them actually

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Meta Awareness & Situational Awareness

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  Meta awareness means being consciously aware of your own awareness. I know that sounds redundant, so let me explain. One of the things responders need to understand is that situational awareness is fragile. Situational awareness can be lost in ways that are so subtle that it may erode before a responder even realizes it

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Episode 143 | Memory and situational awareness

Leave a Comment / Cognitive Memory, Decision Making, Explicit Knowledge, Gut Feeling, Information overload, Intuition, Long-Term Memory, Overload, SAMatters Radio, Short Term Memory, Tacit Knowledge /

    In this episode, we examine the role that short-term and long-term memory plays in helping first responders develop and maintain situational awareness. Length: 29 minutes click the YouTube icon to listen     _____________________________________________________ If you are interested in taking your understanding of situational awareness and high-risk decision making to a higher level, check out

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Episode 141 | Confabulation

Leave a Comment / Cognitive Memory, Confabulation, Confusion, Crew Resource Management, Decision Making, Expectations, Human Factors, Information overload, Miscommunications, Neuroscience, Overload, Perception Of Reality, Progress Reports, SAMatters Radio, Stress /

In this episode, we explore how the brain confabulates – or makes up its own reality. In the absence of facts, the brain can start to invent or create its own reality.  This can be dangerous on emergency scenes. Length: 22 minutes click the YouTube icon to listen       _____________________________________________________ If you are

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Episode 138 | Nine considerations when evaluating incident command software.

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  In this episode, we discuss 9 things you should consider when evaluating your purchase of incident command software. Length: 31 minutes click the YouTube icon to listen     _____________________________________________________ If you are interested in taking your understanding of situational awareness and high-risk decision making to a higher level, check out the Situational Awareness Matters

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Episode 134 | Assessing resources

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  In this episode, we discuss the importance of setting operational strategy based on available resources and the impact of understaffing on situational awareness. Length: 25 minutes click the YouTube icon to listen         _____________________________________________________ If you are interested in taking your understanding of situational awareness and high-risk decision making to a higher

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Episode 133 | The Devil’s Advocate

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In this episode, we discuss the role of the devil’s advocate on emergency scenes and how the advocate can help when there is a flawed perception of reality. Length: 27 minutes click the YouTube icon to listen       _____________________________________________________ If you are interested in taking your understanding of situational awareness and high-risk decision making

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