July 14, 2021

NYAO, Ep: 053 – Choices in Stressful Scenarios

1 hour 7 minutes

This is episode 2, of a 3 part mini-series on Critical Incidents.

Mark McCarthy, senior trauma nurse instructor, rejoins us for the follow up to #52- Critical Incident Debriefing.

“We see the world not as it is, but as we are…”

Steven R. Covey

During Critical Incidents, decisions are genuinely life or death, so the quality of those decisions, and the ability to find the safe path through is of prime importance. Mark’s medical ER experience again resonates with Mike, Raf and Melon, with their backgrounds in combat, special forces and aviation. The depth of these parallels are some of the most surprising elements of this episode.

The Irishman leads the conversation over the following areas:

Professor Steve Peters mental model- Human/ Chimpanzee/ Computer

How to compartmentalise and deal with your internal state

The Startle Effect- how to recognise and recover in time

MAPA- Management of Aggression & Potential Aggression

How to defuse emotions personally or inside a team member

The importance of training realistically to learn to recognise and control the physiological reactions associated with stress

How to deal with each new situation freshly- uncanny similarities emerge between ER patients in trauma, and Mike clearing a 30 room building in Close Quarter Combat; but the conversation also covers getting home from that situation safely and re-engaging with family.

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Rafael “Tio” Espinosa

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Paul “Melon” McFadden

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Mike

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