The research I have conducted on the neuroscience of situational awareness and high-risk decision making has been fascinating and extremely enlightening to me. Over the past 12 years, it has been very rewarding to take the lessons of research and apply them for the benefit of first responders. For those who have attended one of […]
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Primum non nocere is the Latin phrase that means “first, do no harm.” This is a commonly taught principle in healthcare. In fact, the Hippocratic Oath, taken by doctors, promises they will abstain from doing harm to their patients. The premise is it may be better to NOT do something or to do nothing at
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Gasaway Consulting Group, LLC, the parent of company of Situational Awareness Matters will conduct a situational awareness site evaluations and training for employees at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. The assessments and training started in 2017 and will be completed in 2018. The focus of the training will be to help improve situational awareness and decision
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Gasaway Consulting Group, LLC, the parent of company of Situational Awareness Matters has secured a year-long contract to train 600+ oil refinery operators at Syncrude Canada’s Fort McMurray Operations. The training will take place in 2018 and 2019 and is part of a four-pronged approach to improve operator safety during Periods of High Vulnerability that
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Gasaway Consulting Group, LLC, the parent of company of Situational Awareness Matters has been selected to conduct a situational awareness site evaluation and training for Georgia Pacific. The assessment and training will be completed in 2018. The focus will be to help improve situational awareness and decision making for front-line production staff and supervisors. “We
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When we are operating under conditions of stress and consequence, coupled with changing conditions and time compression, we can feel a sense of urgency and this can cause us to want to take a shortcut from safety best practices. Length: 27 minutes click the YouTube icon to listen __________________________________________________ If you
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https://www.samatters.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Virtual-Demo-Reel-First-Responders-Compressed.mp4 When it comes to training your members virtually, we’ve got you covered! Your members can participate in virtual training two different ways. OPTION 1 Live Training – Presented Virtually(Using Zoom or your platform) Includes live chat and live Q&A Includes a 7-day recorded playback(for anyone who could not attend live) CLICK HERE to learn
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There is little doubt the economic recession of 2008-2009 had a significant impact on the nation’s fire service. Hardly a day went by where there wasn’t some news about an organization that downsized, rightsized or capsized. There are all kinds of explanations and terms being attached to what happened. One I heard at the time
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SAMatters Program Handouts (listed in alphabetical order) Situational Awareness – Australia 2022 Situational Awareness and High-Risk Decision Making Situational Awareness for First Responders Situational Awareness to Enhance Administrative Decision Making Situational Awareness for Wildland Fighters Situational Awareness for Hazardous Materials Situational Awareness for Traffic Incident Management Situational Awareness for Pipeline Safety Situational Awareness for Communications
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 and I go to painstaking efforts to ensure that what I teach here, on the podcast and in classrooms is “first responder friendly.” I don’t ever want a
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