May 11, 2005 22:29
So I totally lost all confidence in myself today. I'm CPR certified. We just finished. And today a co-worker of mine passed out. I was one of the first people there, but I saw a Michelle(manager) and left because:
1. i was scared
2. i ASSUMED she knew CPR
...I feel like such a loser. I shouldn't have been scared, we've reviewed it all tons of times. And I shouldn't have assumed Michelle knew CPR...i mean, luckily everyone else came running up right after and EMS arrived and the co-worker was fine. I just really upset that my first time in a real life situation I left others to handle when I could have. Maybe I'm just not cut out for the medical field. I mean, maybe today was an eye-opener.
I would like to say I know that if no one else was there I would be able to handle it. I really hope that I could. But now I'm totally second guessing myself and it is really upsetting.