{"id":1419,"date":"2014-07-14T19:40:13","date_gmt":"2014-07-14T19:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/allrisktraining.com\/?p=1419"},"modified":"2014-07-14T20:19:32","modified_gmt":"2014-07-14T20:19:32","slug":"keep-calm-resolve-incidents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allrisktraining.com\/allrisktraining\/safety-training\/keep-calm-resolve-incidents\/","title":{"rendered":"KEEP CALM AND RESOLVE INCIDENTS"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"keep-calm-and-resolve-incidents\"<\/a>KEEP CALM AND<\/span>\u00a0RESOLVE INCIDENTS<\/span><\/h1>\n

On January 15, 2009, Sully Sullenberger, an airline captain, successfully executed an emergency\u00a0water landing\u00a0of\u00a0US Airways Flight 1549\u00a0in the\u00a0Hudson River just west of\u00a0Manhattan Island,\u00a0New York City, after the aircraft was disabled by striking a flock of\u00a0Canadian geese\u00a0during its initial climb out of\u00a0LaGuardia Airport. \u00a0All of the 155 passengers and crew aboard the aircraft survived.<\/p>\n

During an interview, Captain Sullenberger was asked \u201cHow important was your experience in the sky over the Hudson?\u201d\u00a0 His answer struck a chord with us.\u00a0 He replied, \u201cTraining in flight simulators, you can\u2019t practice a water landing.\u00a0 We had 208 seconds to solve a problem for which we never specifically trained.\u00a0 The experience and the judgment my crew and I had developed over many decades allowed us to have a creative reserve to deliver the airplane full of people to the surface intact.\u201d<\/p>\n

Think about that.\u00a0 208 seconds.\u00a0 Just under three and a half minutes from the moment that they knew there was a problem, until the problem was resolved.\u00a0 That\u2019s about the time it takes to listen to a song on the radio.\u00a0 Here is a link to a video animation of what happened that day, http:\/\/videosift.com\/video\/Hudson-River-Plane-Landing-Animation-with-Audio<\/a>. \u00a0\u00a0This video uses the actual cockpit conversation with the tower. All of the people involved in conversations remain calm.\u00a0 No one gets excited, no one panics.\u00a0 They do their job. \u00a0We watched this video several times. We were amazed at how calm everyone was, especially Sullenberger.\u00a0 \u00a0Sullenberger attributed his success not only to his experience, but to the experience and judgment of his crew.\u00a0 He and his crew had the responsibility for 155 souls that day.\u00a0 Their calm and calculated response to this crisis allowed them to use their training, experience and abilities to develop and execute a plan in 208 seconds.\u00a0 While most of the emergency situations that we encounter may not be as dramatic as landing a fully loaded plane on a river, any emergency situation is alarming in the moment, and how we respond directly effects the outcome.<\/p>\n

It is impossible to train for every possible emergency that can happen.\u00a0 Training along with experience allows us to combine all of our knowledge in order to have our very own “creative reserve” to solve problems. \u00a0 For most of the things we do, we take time to determine our course of action, conduct a quick risk assessment and then carry out our plan.\u00a0 We do this hundreds of times a day, without really thinking about it, as if we are on auto-pilot.\u00a0 But what about the urgent occurrences?\u00a0 Will we be calm?\u00a0 Will our actions have a positive effect on the outcome? \u00a0Again, we can\u2019t train on every scenario, but we can plan and train for probable situations to\u00a0sharpen our problem solving skills.\u00a0 Good training provides an avenue to generate problem solving ideas, learn thought processes and simulate reaction time in a controlled environment.\u00a0 Training is where you can try things and make mistakes to see what the outcome could be. \u00a0Training combined with experience will give us an advantage to keep our nerves calm when\u00a0problems and issues arise. \u00a0Circumstances such as fire, severe weather and personal injury can be simulated and we can train to resolve those types of situations.<\/p>\n

Had that aircraft crashed that day, it could have been a tragic loss of life, up to 155 people.\u00a0 However, the loss of one life is equally tragic.\u00a0 Most workplace accidents and injuries occur to one employee at a time.\u00a0 We must respond to these accidents and injuries quickly with adequate resources as we would with a wide spread catastrophe.\u00a0 We need to look at every incident as an opportunity for improvement, a chance to prevent this from occurring again.<\/p>\n

At most jobs, we are not directly responsible for as many lives as Captain Sullenberger.\u00a0 We are responsible for ourselves, and our co-workers.\u00a0 Be the best at what you do.\u00a0 Absorb as much information as you can about your job and pending threats and be prepared to KEEP CALM AND RESOLVE INCIDENTS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KEEP CALM AND\u00a0RESOLVE INCIDENTS On January 15, 2009, Sully Sullenberger, an airline captain, successfully executed an emergency\u00a0water landing\u00a0of\u00a0US Airways Flight 1549\u00a0in the\u00a0Hudson River just west of\u00a0Manhattan Island,\u00a0New York City, after the aircraft was disabled by striking a flock of\u00a0Canadian geese\u00a0during its initial climb out of\u00a0LaGuardia Airport. \u00a0All of the 155 passengers and crew aboard the aircraft survived. During an interview, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[82,83,81],"class_list":["post-1419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-safety-training","tag-experience-and-training","tag-train-to-expand-your-experience","tag-training-combined-with-experience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/allrisktraining.com\/allrisktraining\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/allrisktraining.com\/allrisktraining\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/allrisktraining.com\/allrisktraining\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allrisktraining.com\/allrisktraining\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allrisktraining.com\/allrisktraining\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1419"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/allrisktraining.com\/allrisktraining\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1419\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1447,"href":"https:\/\/allrisktraining.com\/allrisktraining\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1419\/revisions\/1447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/allrisktraining.com\/allrisktraining\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allrisktraining.com\/allrisktraining\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allrisktraining.com\/allrisktraining\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}