Emergency stress

Emergency stress

Emergency stress: Focus paper (2-3 pages): The stress of an emergency can lead to several factors that impact our decision making, including hypervigilance (constantly tense and on guard), narrowing of attention, avoidance, attempts at controlling the process, overload of information, ineffective decisions, loved one is involved, limited time, limited information and anxiety. Pick two or three of these factors or other factors that you have read about or studied thus far and define and discuss each in detail. Explain how these factors might affect decision making during a fire. Please review the grading rubric for guidance on expectations

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The stress of an emergency can lead to several factors that impact our decision making. However, factors such as hypervigilance (constantly tense and on guard), ineffective decisions and limited information greatly affect decision making during a fire. Decisions that are made during an emergency are based on emotions rather than logic…………….

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