Critical Skills Academy Podcast

A podcast covering critical skills topics such as firearms, tactical medicine, aviation, law enforcement, fire/rescue, EMS, instructor development, leadership, and much more.

Instructor Development: Learning Objectives

This episode discusses key characteristics and terminology for developing effective learning objectives. 

08-10
19:05

Risk Management - Replay

This is a replay of one of our original episodes, discussing the importance of risk management, safety briefs, risk assessments, etc. in training and operations. 

08-10
20:28

Critical Skills Academy Reintroduction and Update

We're back and better than before. 

08-09
03:40

Risk Assessments and Safety Briefs

In this episode, we discuss the importance and under-utilization of standardized risk assessments and safety briefs by those of us in critical-skills professions as well as other disciplines. 

08-25
20:28

Recruiting and Retention for Rural Emergency Services

In this episode we talk about a few key points that can help with recruiting and retaining quality personnel for rural emergency services organizations (police, fire, EMS, etc.)

06-22
24:58

Tactical Thinking and Paying Attention to Detail are Critical Skills

This episode clarifies the term "tactical" as it relates to things other than SWAT teams and Special Operators. In the second half of the episode, we discuss why paying attention to detail is important for everyone; not just critical skills professionals. 

06-15
23:46

Why Aren't We Training?

In this episode we identify some common reasons many critical skills professionals don't train past minimum requirements. Then we break down what we can do to fix these issues and motivate our peers to train more. 

06-12
32:08

After Action Reviews, an overlooked Critical Skill

This episode discusses the basics and benefits of after action reviews and how to implement them for your organization. 

05-28
22:56

Muscle Memory and Annual Firearms Qualifications

In this episode we briefly discuss muscle memory as it applies to anyone, the importance of inspiring others to train, and then dive into the shortfalls of annual firearms qualifications.

05-18
23:47

Mobile Training Unit Tour and Electronic Hearing Protection

In this episode we'll give you a tour of our Mobile Training Unit and then we'll discuss electronic hearing protection technology. 

05-14
24:38

Mission Statements and Wooland & Remote Law Enforcement Ops

In this episode, we'll discuss our mission statement, as well as the importance of mission statement development for any agency or organization. In the second half of the episode, we'll talk about rural law enforcement operations and our upcoming Woodland and Remote Law Enforcement Operations course. 

05-08
20:34

Introduction

Introducing the Critical Skills Academy Podcast.

05-04
06:10

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