Staying Alive: How to Act Fast
and Survive Deadly Encounters
now on Amazon.com
Supplemental Material:
Introduction to the “Staying Alive” video series
Chapter 1: Assessment and Situational Awareness
Chapter 2: Pattern Matching & Recognition
Pattern Matching and Recognition (Video)
Chapter 5: Knowing the Signs of Violence
Warning Signs of Violence with Safe Havens and Dr. Dewey Cornell (Video)
Chapter 7: The Importance of Preparing Properly
Web Course Resource:
IS-360: Preparing for Mass Casualty Incidents: A Guide for Schools, Higher Education, and Houses of Worship
Click here to visit FEMA’s Independent Study training site to take a web course on Preparing for Mass Casualty Incidents. From the FEMA website: “This course provides leading practices and resources to assist elementary and secondary schools, institutions of higher education, and houses of worship in developing emergency plans for preparing for, responding to, and recovering from mass casualty incidents.”
Web Course Resource:
IS-139: Planning for Organizational Crisis Response with Exercise Design
Click here to visit FEMA’s Independent Study training site to take their course on Exercise Design, IS-139. From the FEMA website: “This course covers the purpose, characteristics, and requirements of three main types of exercises: Tabletop exercises, Functional exercises & Full-scale exercises.” The course also addresses evaluating and enhancing exercises as we as how to design functional exercises.
Chapter 8: Mental Simulation
Using Mental Simulation (Video)
Scenario 1 for Mental Simulation (Video)
Scenario 2 for Mental Simulation (Video)
Audio Scenarios for mental simulation:
Scenario 1 (MP3, 409KB)
Scenario 2 (MP3, 570 KB)
Scenario 3 (MP3, 411KB)
Scenario 4 (MP3, 364KB)
Scenario 5 (MP3, 319KB)
Chapter 9: In Self Defense: Is it Logical for You to Carry a Gun?
In Self Defense: Implications of carrying a weapon (Video)
Article: Important Considerations for Carrying a Gun
Chapter 10: The First 30 Seconds and The Window of Life
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Chapter 13: Hope, Confidence and Resilience as Tools for Survival: You Can Do This!
Combat & Lessons for Every Day Crisis Stress (Video)
Chapter 14: Coping with Traumatic Stress
Coping with Traumatic Stress (Video)
Stephen C. Satterly, II - Author 