Do you stay calm or panic??

I do not have any children yet, but I think it is a matter of moment. When you just think about such things may happenned, you are maybe sure you would panic at first. But when such situation really happen to you, you realize that there is no time for panic and you are automaticly acting. Maybe it is because of danger of life of someone, it is like a reflex.

Dear friend, first of all I am very sorry about what happened to you. Thank goodness it all ended better, that it was important! Speaking of your question, referring to myself I must first say that my luck, until today I never happened, such a mishap. However, I am sure that if that situation were to occur to me, I'd truly in a total panic. And yes, I could not keep quiet, this, I admit it's my fault.

Unfortunately when it happen to me, i was the one chocking. I had went to spend the weekend at my daughters house. We bought fried chicken from the store and was about to eat supper. I was scarfing up the crunchy crumbs that fall to the bottom when i started chocking. I couldnt get air in to cough it out. The thoughts that went through my head were; "OMG im gonna die here on the floor in front of my grandkids". I heard my son-in-law ask if i was chocking. Of coarse i couldnt get air to answer. Then i felt him attempting the hymlic. He actually lifted me off the floor. Now im thinking,"OMG hes not doing this right." He lifted me a few times before i was able to get a breath again. My throat hurt after that and i was scared to eat. I took small bites and chewed very well. I just think what would of happen if i was alone.

I don't know what I'd do as I've never had my own children to practice with. I have always just assumed that I'd panic first & react second. However, I was home alone a while back & I had a piece of steak lodge in my throat. My first instinct was to panic; but then a calm came over me & I suddenly remembered learning how to do the Heimlich on yourself. I calmly walked to the kitchen counter, pressed my chest to the edge & quickly pressed down as pushing up. The steak dislodged & I could breathe again!!! So, the ONLY time I ever had an emergency, I remained calm & did what was needed to be done!!!

OMG i probably would have paniced. Im not a parent yet but do alot of babysitting for the family. I do remember me choking when i was around maybe 6 and my mom gave me a chewable vitamin and it got stuck in my throat and iw ent straight to the bathroom toilet and was gagging to get it out and you could hear my airway not opening up and a gurggling sound. Just so weird. From then on i would choke alot and never thing anything about it because it would come out and then a couple time like three years ago i would choke and it would jsut get stuck and then to the emergency room i went. I finally had to have a surgery to open up my throat larger so i wouldnt choke anymore. I guess its something i was born with.

I know the first reaction is to panic. Most people do. But you did the right thing in not panicking. My son did that years ago with those baby carrots. My ex panicked and someone had to help her get the carrot out of his mouth. I was not there, I was working and she was driving with him the the car. And she stupidly gave him one of those carrots to eat. Wrong move. But he got through it. He never ate anything else in the car again.

50 years ago when our son was about a year old, and I was a young inexperienced mother, he managed to eat a whole bottle of 100 adult aspirin. I calmly spread newspaper on the floor, picked up my child, stuck a finger down his throat to make him gag, and held him over the newspaper while he emptied his stomach. When he was done, I wadded up the paper and stuck it in the wood burning stove. The child ran off to play, none the worse for his ordeal.

i am weird. I am very sensitive to stress and I do tend to freak out and panic about the unknown situation I might be going into. Thank goodness I am on medicaton for it. i think that in this situation it would be okay. I would do what I have to do. Unless there is alot of blood and it is really serious that is.

This reminds me of one incident happened just recently. My friend's little girl (more than a year old) is having fever. We're inside our local church and suddenly the baby turns blue, having convulsion. I saw my friend's face, she never get's panicky, she knows very well what she is doing. She lay down her baby with high pillow (using the baby bag of clothes) while asking me to get the water jug with ice cubes. She then scoop out some ice cubes wrapped inside a cloth and put it in the baby's forehead. Everything went systematic and quickly the baby returns to normal color before we bring her to their family doctor. Everyone must know some emergency tips and first aid and also avoid getting panic.

I've experienced that before too. It was a vitamin syrup. My baby daughter choked and gagged on it because of the horrible taste. I got really scared. I panicked, but I guess not a lot coz I still was able to think and give her a heimlich for babies. Thank God she was able to spit it out after that! The image of her choking still hunts me until now though. I cringe every time I think about it.

First off, thank goodness you didn't panic! And thank goodness that your son is fine. If it were me, I don't think I would know what to do. I would certainly try, but I don't have any hymlic training, so I don't know what would have happen. And I wouldn't be able to do anything even if it wasn't my child (specially).

I was always an alert mother with my daughter. I remember when she got a penny in her mouth and started choking. I just quickly stuck my finger down her throat and pulled the thing out. No biggie. I believe if we are mentally prepared we will not freak when these moments happen. I have always been calm in situations and chose to collapse after the crisis rather than during it because I am a problem solver rather than a quivering mass of hysteria. It's the old story of the two frogs that fell into the vat of cream. The one frog screamed, "I'm gonna die!" and he did. The other frog just swam around and around looking for an out until the cream churned to butter and he was able to just hop right out. I determined long ago that I preferred to be the frog that churned the butter rather than the idiot that drowned. As a result I am just the person you want around in a crisis, whether it be a penny in a baby's throat or a car accident with serious injuries. I'm the one who will remember my first aid training rather than freak out and forget it all.

No one around me has really choked that badly.. but when I was 12 I choked on a pear drop sweet, and my mum had to wack me on the back trying to get it out of my throat.. it was crazy, I turned blue.. and I did panic.. like crazy haha! I think so did she a little lol! I didn’t eat a pear drop for like 8 years after that lol!

Your reaction was good and you have remembered what to do. Having made the training courses has also helped you. I think you can come in panic if you don't know what to do or you have anybody whom to ask for help. But knowing what to do is an advantage. Congrats for your reaction.

Most of the time i do not panic in such cases but if there is a situation in which i am extremely helpless and do not do what to do myself , then i think i will panic.