Situational Awareness Matters: Volume 1

By Richard Bruce Gasaway

Flawed situational awareness is a leading contributing factor to first responder near-miss and casualty events. Yet, sadly, most first responders know very little about situational awareness - what it is, how to develop it, what erodes it and how to regain it once it has been eroded. This book - the second in a series - discusses the challenges first responders face while trying to develop and maintain situational awareness while making decisions in high-risk, high consequence, time compressed, rapidly changing environments, including: FatigueMultitaskingFreelancingEmotionsDisciplineAssertivenessRisk versus rewardBeing defensiveMemoryExpectationsSOPsMeta awarenessStaffing levelsAccountabilityDebriefingsAnd more...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1939571081
• ISBN13: 9781939571083
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: Richard Gasaway
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"