Week 10 situation awareness Flashcards
what is situational aweaness?
being aware of a situation and sourrounding
what are the three levels of situational awearness?
1 -percive elements of current situation
2 comprehension of current situation
3 projection of future staus
what individual factors contribute to situational awearness?
golas
preconceptions - expectaions
abilities, expirence, training, long term memory stores
what are the systen impacts on situational awearness?
system capability
stress and workload
complexty
automation
what is the first level of situational awearness?
first perception - undimental to SA
Without basic perception of iportant information, the odds of forming an incorrect picture is greatly increased
what is level 2 situational awearness?
how people interprite, combine, store and reain information - intergration of information and determination of relevence of goals
?what is level 3 situational awearness
Prjection
at the highest level the ability to forecast the futrue situation and event and dynamics
the ability to progect current events and dynamics and anticipate the future
what is the difference between type one and type 2 thinking?
type one- intrinsic decsion making/thoiugh process based on pattern recognition and the ability to think fast/automatic
type 2 - slower more logical thinking when patterns are not reoginsed- increased congoitive load a need for reflection, planning and problem solving
how do we develop pour situational awearness?
verbal and non-verbal communication, exposure to situations
from working memeory to ling term memory where we tie things together
what stratergies can help optimise situational awearness?
communication
have a plan
listen to all team members
take control
what can we do to optimise communication at major incidents?
utalise clinical approach
guidelines to support good clinical decision making
develop critical thinking skills and exersice good clinical judegment through reflective preactice
dynamic risk assesment
what would optimising communication in a major cases look like?
verbally identify clinical problems consider clinical flags pause and plan what is likley diagnosis? consider wherer pt is on trajectory metacognition - thinking about thinking simulation seek feedback
what is metacognition?
having understanding about how we think and the things that affect that?
what are the things that will allow us to optimise hazards and situatinal awearness during a job?
pause and plan
apprecaite scope of abilities
continual reveiw of scene and communication woth colleages/other agencies
use of all sense
dont put yoursle finto dangerous situation
