Hey all I just came across an emergency situation irl that I felt useless in because of how slowly I was thinking. Basically it was someone getting an epileptic seizure and I had the info in my head for what to do but I did end up freezing a bit before I did anything. Really didn’t like it. The person is fine now but if I had reacted faster, we might have been able to prevent a couple problems.

I’ve been in other emergencies before where I had to call the shots but I guess I want to think faster and keep it consistent at a higher level, and I want to improve on it for future scenarios, but what can I do to do that?

Edit: Just wanted to say thanks for everyone’s replies, I’ll be looking into a routine to acclimate myself with these kinds of situations

  • Kissaki@feddit.deEnglish
    17·
    10 months ago

    There are two aspects to being prepared and actionable:

    1. Action knowledge/confidence in knowledge
    2. Not being surprised into freezing/shock

    You can lessen your surprise through:

    • Experience
    • Practice situations for automatism/intuitive reaction
    • Consciously playing it in your head

    Like playing physical actions in your head before executing them improves how you do them, playing situations through in your head can prepare you/your mind-space for them.