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TRAINING FOR STRESS
LEARNING TO TAKE THE HEAT
Chris Nickson FACEM FCICM
Intensivist, The Alfred ICU
http://intensiveblog.com/training-for-
stress/
Objectives
1. Discuss acute stress and the effects on
performance
2. Discuss strategies and techniques for
maintaining performance in stressful
situations
Beat The
Stress,
Fool!
Credit: Mike Lauria
What is stress?
The Stress ResponseAn evolved stereotypical response
with physiological and psychological effects
Siddle & Grossman, 1997
Bandwidth Overload
In a lake there is a patch of lily pads
Every day, the patch doubles in size
If it takes 48 days for the patch
to cover the lake…
How long would it take for the patch to
cover half the lake?
How is the stress response
triggered?
Acute Stressors
PERCEPTION
SITUATIONAL ASSESSMENT
RESOURCE ASSESSMENT
situation > resources
= THREAT
resources > situation
= CHALLENGE
Stress can be positive!
The Yerkes-Dodson Law
acute + chronic stress > resilience + resources
How can we train for stress?
“We don't rise to the level of
our expectations,
we fall to the level of our training.”
Archilochus
Stress Inoculation Training
Stress Exposure Training(1) Conceptualisation
(2) Rehearsal
(3) Application
Prepare before stress
Overlearning
Mental practice
Visualisation and Mental Practice
Physical
Environment
Task
Timing
Learning
Emotion
Perspective
Reset during stress
Breathing
Power Posing
Talk
(Self) Talk
Reflect and recover after stress
The Post-Stress Reaction
Team check
Imbibe & ingest
Equipment resupply
Debrief
The stress response
is normal
The stress response is
physical and psychological
The stress response
is modifiable
We can modify
our perceptions
We can prepare
for stress
We can reset
our responses in real-time
We can reflect
and recover
We need to
train for stress
Beat The
Stress, Fool!
BREATHE TALK SEE FOCUS
Inspired by Mike Lauria
http://intensiveblog.com/training-for-
stress/
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