Module 4

OHT 8

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Principles of Risk Management

  1. Risk Identification
    • People
    • Equipment
    • Environment
    • Activities

  2. Real and Perceived Risk
    • Participant perception
    • Thrill and reality
    • Fear and knowledge
    • Safety procedures and confidence

  3. Assessment of Risk
    • How much is acceptable?
    • Value of risky activities

  4. Reduction of Risk
    • Rules, policies and guidelines
    • Employing appropriate leadership style
    • Knowing your students
    • Disclosing the risk
    • Teaching by progression
    • Developing safety consciousness
    • Having the personal skills appropriate to the activity

  5. Social and Psychological Factors
    • Familiarisation with the situation 'It can't happen to me.'
    • Risk shift
    • Dropping your guard
    • Get-home-itis
    • Attribution theory

  6. Summary
    • Awareness
    • Understanding
    • Judgement
    • Can you cope with an emergency?