Re:Simple words that save lives: lessons from “expert talkers”
by Fr0styMatt88 on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @10:30PM
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To this - surely this would be part of any psychological testing done to screen dispatchers for suitability, no?
They're not required to interpret a caller's phone voice as 'hostile' either. Unless the caller actually says something like "I'm going to come find you and kill you or your family" or something along those lines, I don't think there's any reason anything a caller says should be interpreted as 'hostile' to the dispatcher. If they're agitated/upset - well... they're having an emergency.
Should medical staff not expect "sick people" in their office/hospital?
Someone who can't handle someone yelling or swearing on the phone should't be in a dispatcher role, and... yeah, I think it's gotta be stressful for them too, and they probably shouldn't do it a whole lot, as they'll burn out quickly.