Essay On Chilean Mine Collapse

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Chilean Mine Collapse It is hard to imagine something like this happening, 33 people, trapped under ground. Someone’s father, brother, cousin, son, nephew, and so on and so forth. How would he or she tell the parents? How would someone communicate to the public? What would be the most important thing to relay to everyone? All of us hope we never have to be in a situation like this but let us just think about what would go through our head. What would we say and how would we say it? Delivering the News to Family A mother or father in the crowd would be waiting for some sort of an update, and would be praying to God that first and most importantly their child who works for the San Jose mine is not one of those who are trapped. Then a parent hopes if it is his or her child down there, that the child survived the cave in. The person who was responsible for communicating with the family would need to 100% sure of the miners trapped before making an announcement to the families.. Thomas McCollough highlights three main facets of moral imagination that he feels are relevant to simulation training in bad news delivery. (1) identification of another’s experience; (2) engagement through the exercise of compassion,…show more content…
The speaker presenting them information can give them more straightforward facts regarding the situation than what the speaker may share with the parents. This is only because the coworkers may have a better understanding of what in fact is happening and the severity of the situation at hand. The coworkers may also be concerned with how a devastation, such as this, may affect the company as a whole and also what they are supposed to say if asked to speak on behalf of the company. It is important that the coworkers have clear instruction about what to and what not to say to anyone on the outside, including television, and radio
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