crisis

Research shows sleep loss impedes decision making in crisis

By Will Ferguson, College of Arts & Sciences science writer SPOKANE, Wash. – The difference between life and death in the operating room, on the battlefield or during a police shootout often comes down to the ability to adapt to the unexpected. Sleep deprivation may make it difficult to do so, according to a Washington […]

Emergency communication service contract renewed

  Related About Everbridge  Everbridge customers   PULLMAN –  WSU has renewed its contract with Everbridge corporation to provide the university with emergency communication programs and services.     Committee review WSU entered its original three-year contract with Everbridge (formerly the National Notification Network, or 3N) in September 2007. With the contract nearing its end, […]

Siren testing slated for Saturday, Sept. 29

PULLMAN – Sirens will be sounding repeatedly on the WSU Pullman campus from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 29, as tests and adjustments are made to the university’s new outdoor campus siren/public speaker system. The siren manufacturer Acoustic Technology Inc. Systems of East Boston, Mass., will be running the test. The speakers were […]

Native Americans consider nursing options, current crisis

Young Native American men and women from 12 different tribes throughout Washington and New Mexico toured the WSU Pullman campus and its cadaver lab on Thursday as part of the 7th annual Native American Summer Institute. The event, sponsored by the Intercollegiate College of Nursing/Washington State University College of Nursing, is designed to help Native […]