How We Decide … Anything
How you decide to do something is a complex process that involves multiple brain regions. Are decisions made with the rational brain or the intuitive brain? …
Archive by category Neuroscience
These are the first responder situational awareness and decision making issues and opportunities related to neuroscience.
Episode 210 | Observations and lessons from FDIC
This episode shares observations and lessons learned from the 2018 International Fire Department Instructors Conference. Length: 64 minutes …
Flawed Expectations of Personnel Can Impact Situational Awareness
You develop situational awareness by using your senses to capture information (Level 1 situational awareness). Those clues and cues are then processed into …
Imagination Can Influence Situational Awareness
If I were to tell you that on an emergency scene it is possible for you to use X-Ray vision, you’d probably think I’ve been watching too many …
Fifteen Situational Awareness Barriers
The mission of Situational Awareness Matters is to help you see the bad things coming… in time to change bad outcomes. SA is a complex neurological process …
Episode 201 | When Unexpected Things Happen
In this episode, we explore what happens when faced with unexpected situations and your brain tries to make sense of the unexpected. Length: 33 minutes click …
Explaining Tunnel Vision
When it comes to developing and maintaining situational awareness, tunnel vision is a big deal. Effective situational awareness is developed from having a …
Every EMS Call Starts with Scene Safety
“Scene Safe, BSI.” These words have been uttered by every first responder who has ever received medical training. In fact, any responder who has …
Episode197 | Interview with Jason Bonney – Part 2
This episode is part two of a two-part interview with Assistant Chief Jason Bonney from the Central Jackson Fire Protection District. Length: 53 minutes …
Episode 196 | Interview with Jason Bonney – Part 1
This episode is part one of a two-part interview with Assistant Chief Jason Bonney from the Central Jackson Fire Protection District. Length: 53 minutes …