1. Bingley BD16 4HB
!
Sitting in the
Hot Seat
18 November 2011
Emergency Roles and
Responsibilities
Friday, 2 December 11

2. Is an unnatural process
Don't worry - it is much more fun
Sir,
I have a cunning
to do something else...
plan ... ... and the nicest thing
about NOT planning is
that failure comes as a
complete surprise, rather
than being preceded by
a period of worry and
depression.
Planning ...
Sir John Harvey Jones
Friday, 2 December 11

3. Is an unnatural process
Don't worry - it is much more fun
Sir,
I have a cunning
to do something else...
plan ... ... and the nicest thing
about NOT planning is
that failure comes as a
complete surprise, rather
than being preceded by
a period of worry and
depression.
Planning ...
Sir John Harvey Jones
Friday, 2 December 11

4. NHS Emergency?
Any occurrence which presents
serious threat to the health of
the community, disruption to
the service or causes (or is likely
to cause) such numbers or
types of casualties as to
require special arrangements
to be implemented by hospitals,
ambulance trusts or primary
care organisations.
Friday, 2 December 11

5. C3
Command
Control
Communication
Friday, 2 December 11

6. C3
Friday, 2 December 11

7. Intent Statement
The purpose of the task (Higher level goals for the response)
The objective of the task (What success will look like)
The sequence of steps that will be required (Clarifying what
needs to be achieved, but NOT how to do it!)
The rationale of the response (But allowing for flexibility and
creativity)
Key decisions that have to be made (Including a recognition of
any weaknesses that may be present in the plan)
Anti-goals (Things responders need to avoid)
Constraints or other considerations
Friday, 2 December 11

8. Sharing the ‘Collective Mind’
Here's what I think we face
This is what I think we should do
Here's why
This is what we should keep our eye on
Now, talk to me ............
Friday, 2 December 11

9. Workload Management
Long-term
Working memory
memory
Knowledge
Decision Skills
making space
Experience
INPUT Finite
capacity Diagnostic
rules
Subject to
interference Procedures
INFORMATION
RECALLED
Friday, 2 December 11

10. Remember
It wasn’t raining when
Noah built the Ark
Friday, 2 December 11