Situational Awareness Matters: Volume 1

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...