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[misspammie]

On 3/10/2015 MickD said: I spring into action without a thought.....yesterday I looked out my second floor window and saw a person laying next to the gutter and a van. Ran down the stairs sprinted barefoot across the street....thank gawd the woman was okay...she had lost her phone in the gutter ....

don't mean to laugh, but I did chuckle. You sprang into action tho, and that was wonderful on your part! Others would have just shut the window and gone about their business. Also I've heard long ago is that we (people) like 'disaster' movies because we like to identify ourselves with the various 'heroes' in the movie,,,the ones that keep their heads and do the right thing. My dear Mother and I were honest and said, "we'd just scream and run,,,and I might even knock you down on the way out". We were joking, yet I just wonder,,hmmmmmmm???

[jubilant]

Thanks ladies. That little boy is 17 now and he remembers it well. He tells everyone....Grandma saved his life!

[VioletEyes]

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[sfnative]

I guess my husband and I had been married about 2 years, when we were driving home from the market one Saturday along the 7th Avenue Resevoir going north in San Francisco. As the street just started to straighten out, in the very middle of the road was an Austin Healey up-side-down, wheels still turning and the female driver halfway out from under the car unconscious (or dead, for all we thought, but not visable at first). There was gas leaking, so I told my husband to pull over and stop. I yelled up at the windows of flats, hoping someone would hear me. A lady finally opened up a window, so I yelled at her to get me blankets and to called the police and fire departments (no 911 or cells then).

The street we were on was extremely busy, always is, always was, and I could not believe that no one pulled over to assist us - just kept on truckin.'

My husband and I , with great care removed her along the pavement from under her car, placed one blanket on her (that's all I was given) and I took my parka off and placed it on her left arm, as she had a compound fracture. DH then turned his attention to keeping the traffic going so no one rammed into the car which was leaking gas. This all happened very quickly and the fire department was on scene very quickly to take command.

What really got me here is that several hundred cars passed by, yet no one stopped to offer a hand. It wasn't just a flat tire. I mean this classic car had probably ended up on its top by rolling. When I saw those rolling tires staring at the sky and could not immediately see the driver, I just knew we had to stop. How could we not stop?

[VioletEyes]

On 3/10/2015 sfnative said:

I guess my husband and I had been married about 2 years, when we were driving home from the market one Saturday along the 7th Avenue Resevoir going north in San Francisco. As the street just started to straighten out, in the very middle of the road was an Austin Healey up-side-down, wheels still turning and the female driver halfway out from under the car unconscious (or dead, for all we thought, but not visable at first). There was gas leaking, so I told my husband to pull over and stop. I yelled up at the windows of flats, hoping someone would hear me. A lady finally opened up a window, so I yelled at her to get me blankets and to called the police and fire departments (no 911 or cells then).

The street we were on was extremely busy, always is, always was, and I could not believe that no one pulled over to assist us - just kept on truckin.'

My husband and I , with great care removed her along the pavement from under her car, placed one blanket on her (that's all I was given) and I took my parka off and placed it on her left arm, as she had a compound fracture. DH then turned his attention to keeping the traffic going so no one rammed into the car which was leaking gas. This all happened very quickly and the fire department was on scene very quickly to take command.

What really got me here is that several hundred cars passed by, yet no one stopped to offer a hand. It wasn't just a flat tire. I mean this classic car had probably ended up on its top by rolling. When I saw those rolling tires staring at the sky and could not immediately see the driver, I just knew we had to stop. How could we not stop?

Sfnative, I have always believed that there are angels who walk this earth. Surely, you and your husband were both angels that day.

[Irshgrl31201]

On 3/10/2015 raven-blackbird said:

in an emergency situation........I'm the gal you want around.....I'm calm, in charge, and get things done.....AFTER it's all over, I'm the gal you don't want around LOL........I get a little shocky...........................raven

I am the same way. For whatever reason I react really well under stress. I won't say what happened but I had a very serious situation happen in my family in 2003. It happened within seconds and everyone around me was running around like a chicken with their heads cut off. This lasted for almost one hour and I got everyone organized and gave each person "their job" and what they were supposed to do. Everyone listened for some reason. After this incident was over and I was sitting in the hospital as soon as my sister walked into the room I started bawling my eyes out and could not stop crying. I couldn't believe how well I had just handled this situation and then to break down and start crying after it was all handled and everything was ok, it baffled me. My sister said you waited until you knew that everything was under control to break down. She said as soon as I saw her I just lost it. I guess it was better to do it then than to do it during.

I realized I worked better under stress when I started waitressingas a teen. Every time we would get slammed and super busy, I would never make one mistake yet when we were dead and I only had one table, that is when I would make stupid and ridiculous mistakes. It is like I need that stress and pressure to function at my highest level.

[VanSleepy]

As far as I know so far, I would not be very good in an emergency. I've only experienced "minor" emergencies, and I was freaking out the whole time. Hopefully, I will not be put to the test in a true life and death emergency.

[Luv2Decorate]

I react quickly and after it's done (depending on the experience) I'll cry.

I was out to lunch with a friend and an elderly lady sitting in the table next to me started choking. The look she gave me scared me but I knew I had to do the heimlich maneuver on her and it worked. We paid for our meal and left.. 10 minutes later I cried. When our kids have broking limbs, I've remained very calm so I wouldn't scare them, but to this day I could cry on a dime thinking about it.

[bells4me]

I don't watch Star Trek, but believe I respond well in an emergency situation. Working in a school office for over 25 years I experienced bomb threats, attacking parents, hostage situation, medical emergencies, student fights, and many more situations. We received a lot of training and attended seminars.

[Moonchilde]

I haven't had many emergencies, thankfully. But once I was visiting my parents and my mom popped I think a maraschino cherry in her mouth - and couldn't get it down. My stepdad was paying no attention. I asked her if she could talk and she shook her head and just squeaked. My stepdad still did nothing. So I did the Heimlich and lucky for both of us, out it popped. Boy, was she po'd at my stepdad. Guess he thought it was no big deal she could have choked to death in front of him.

On a side note, I work in a hospital. I was in the cafeteria at lunch one day and tried to swallow a piece of meat a little too large. Here I was surrounded by doctors and nurses. One person I knew asked me if I was okay and I shook my head no. She wandered off! I was literally starting to lose consciousness. I was doing Heimlich on myself with my fist and against a chair. Somehow, something moved and I spit out the meat - no thanks to anyone but myself. I was very shaken.