IN AN EMERGENCY!

I was once an EMT for my local ambulance service so I can be calm in an emergency but afterwards I panic.lol.

i always seem to be the calm on. everyone else freaks out, they also do not have the patience that i do. so i have to be the one to stay calm.

It depends on who it is but in general I am relatively calm because I know that sometimes I need assistance from people better qualified than I am. I have found in the past that I am quite calm and able to call for assistance, but once that assistance arrives or the emergency is over, then I crash in one big heap.

These days I seem to react with control, I think this comes with life experience, once upon a time I used to go to pieces.

Definitely calm. I just had a car accident that totalled my car, made the call myself to 911, told them where to come, explained who was hurt (which included me). For some reason I can always remain calm.

no way id panic

I wouldn't say that I am calm exactly, but I am able to think clearly and do what needs to be done to remedy the situation. I've had a deal with a few emergencies in the past and everything worked out just fine. I guess my reaction has something to do with the fact that my mom studied to be a nurse and has been a caretaker for her entire life so I learned how to handle things like emergencies from her. Sometime in the near future I would like to get my CPR certification.

I am normally calm but I panic after when I think about it

I think I'm able to remain calm, but until it happends I can't really know for sure :-)

Well it really does depend on the emergency doesnt it....honestly I dont know how I would react....I dont want to say that I am going to be bold or that I would panic.....cos given the emergency ther is a possibility that I will do exactly the opposite of what I ve said....

I dont handle emergencys very well and especially if it is to do with my son, i panic! i know i shouldnt and i need to calm to keep others calm but i cant help it!

It depends on the emergency! I usually start telling everyone else what to do (nursing training and adrenaline pumping) If one of my kids is hurt, I do tend to go a hundred miles an hour and I go to pieces if an animal is injured. I really can't stand an animal in pain!

Interesting. Unfortunately, when i was in this situation (with my son, baby at time) i panicked. Got me thinking, that if it was somebody i didnt know i would have been OK and handled the situation. Hi caramello, are you on another forum begining with E, if so cld u pls add me to your friends list, ta!

i am both nervouse but instincs kick right in my legs are like jello though

I've never been in a life threatening emergency. However I have been involved in a few health emergencies and several emergencies at work. I tend to break them down and try to fix them methodically. I don't panic, just do things in steps.

God I'm calm and I get suddenly all these operational skills.... It's weird. As if I was born to survive disaster.

I try to be calm and be able to deal with it and calm others down. But I have a feeling i'm one of the ones that gets slightly paniced.

Not to toot my own horn, but I am very calm and composed in an emergency situation. It's AFTER the emergency that I fall apart! In a crisis, I have no time to think of what might or could happen-only what needs to be done that instant. Afterwards is when I start thinking of all the (bad) possible outcomes of a given situation.

In an Emergency I stay pretty much calm and level headed until things are handled then I fall apart.

I tend to be one of those people who can totally handle any emergency you throw at me. I may freak out a little after it's been handled, but during I'm all business. This was one of the main reasons I decided to be a nurse.