Fear, Physiological Arousal and Performance The Safety Team Member’s Response

In this presentation, we will examine the physiological reactions your body may experience and what it does to your ability to react in what is called a critical incident.

There are techniques that can help you lower the stress arousal response, so that you can be able to react positively with the appropriate action you need to undertake.

We will examine characteristics of a fear-induced stress response, what a critical incident is and take a look at those techniques to reduce your stress response in this video.

You are encouraged to download the notes package which contains additional resources for this topic.

6: Fear, Physiological Arousal and Performance The Safety Team Member’s Response

The Section 6 video covers the topic of the 6: Fear, Physiological Arousal and Performance The Safety Team Member’s Response. The video will cover:

1. The difference between a hero and a coward.
2. What courage is.
3. What the Bible tells us.
4. The physiological responses of your body when exposed to a critical incident.
5. What is a critical incident.
6. What stress inoculation is.
7. How you can reduce your body’s physiological responses.
8. About tools to help you prepare to reduce your physiological response in a critical incident, which are:
a. Mental Rehearsal exercises of critical incidents.
b. The Tactical Breathing Exercise.
c, Reality-based training.

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Video Length: 34:36

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