By Mike Lauria, Cliff Reid, and Scott Weingart It is even better to act quickly and err than to hesitate until the time of action is past. –Carl von Clausewitz, Vom Kriege “Contact Right!” In the special operations community we accepted that certain dangerous situations develop at a speed that exceeds our analytical capability. This […]
All in the Game: The Psychology of FOAM Part 2 by Mike Lauria
I like video games, but they’re really violent. I’d like to play a video game where you help the people who were shot in all the other games. It’d be called ‘Really Busy Hospital’ – Demetri Martin What’s in a Game? When I was a kid, my friends and I would seclude ourselves in the basement […]
Human Factors in Airway Management
Recently, airway mavins George Kovacs and Adam Law released their book Airway Management in Emergencies, Infinity Edition. What’s unique about this clinical magnum opus is that it is both free open access and it is a living document. As opposed to publishing version after version of a text book, this edition will be continually updated […]
The Ties that Bind: Social Capital and the Psychology of FOAM by Mike Lauria
We come from all the divisions, ranks, and classes of society…to teach and to be taught in our turn. While we mingle together in these pursuits we shall learn to know each other more intimately; we shall remove many of the prejudices which ignorance or partial acquaintance with each other had fostered…In the parties and […]
EHPR Part 5: Using Mental Practice and Visualization Exercises by Mike Lauria
See: Employing visualization exercises, imagery, and mental practice Another psychological skill that can benefit emergency medical care providers is visualization, or mental practice. This skill allows a provider to walk through the steps of a procedure or skill in his or her mind before actually performing it. This process can act as blueprint or mental […]