Nov 28, 2017

This episode chronicles an event where responders were managing two cardiac arrest calls in a hotel room.  Initial response teams did not consider the possibility of carbon monoxide as the potential cause and the outcome was almost catastrophic for the response teams.

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Nov 21, 2017

Oftentimes employee training involves scenarios where workers learn how to perform to the scripted standards. On the surface, there’s nothing wrong with that.

However, the employee training scenarios are often developed to ensure the outcome of the training will be success.  And, as many workers know, the complexity...

Nov 14, 2017

If you have attended one of my situational awareness programs you have learned how stress is a game-changer when it comes to situational awareness and decision making quality.

Most employee training programs focus on developing cognitive knowledge and physical skills. Far less address the impact of stress on...

Nov 7, 2017

On January 3, 2014, the St. Charles Fire Department responded to a single-family residential dwelling fire on Nancy Drive.  This podcast chronicles events (told by Captain Chip Ashford and Battalion Chief Dan Casey) as they unfolded. The thermal assault enduring by these firefighters resulted in injuries that...