Intuition and Survival

FAST TRANSIENTS THE TACTICAL TANGENTS BULLETIN WHY YOUR HANDS SO SWEATY? In his book about implicit survival signals The Gift of Fear, Gavin de Becker describes that your intuition is always right in two important ways: It always alerts you in response to a stimulus,...
The “Tactical” Personality

The “Tactical” Personality

EPISODE 28 TACTICAL PERSONALITY TRAITS What is “Type-A” and is that you? A lot of people think that being a “Type-A” has something to do with a hierarchy or “alpha dog,” but it turns out, that’s not really it. In this episode, Mike and Jim break down what...

Micromanaging-Please Don’t!

FAST TRANSIENTS THE TACTICAL TANGENTS BULLETIN MICROMANAGING–PLEASE DON’T. Imagine I’m in the back of an ambulance with my Paramedic partner. As an EMT, I don’t have the advanced training that he does—but we’ve worked together for x months or y years....

Teaching to the Lowest Common Denominator

FAST TRANSIENTS THE TACTICAL TANGENTS BULLETIN ARE YOU TEACHING TO THE LOWEST COMMON DENOMINATOR? A follower asked us a question on Facebook the other day about tourniquet applications. Are we supposed to apply it high-and-tight, or a few inches above the wound? The...
Kevin Briggs, The Guardian of the Golden Gate

Kevin Briggs, The Guardian of the Golden Gate

EPISODE 27 Guardian of the Golden Gate Kevin Briggs, retired CHP Sergeant, the Guardian of the Golden Gate Kevin Briggs is a retired California Highway Patrol Sergeant who has been called the Guardian of the Golden Gate for his reputation interacting with hundreds of...