1. What do you want to learn from this course regarding crisis prevention? Name and discuss three things you want to learn about and why?
The debriefing process is an area I have explored with little knowledge about the process. While I can remain calm before during and after an incident, it is not until a day or two after I do feel the effects of the event. My main focus is always directed to those who would need the most assistance and their personal care before my own. My ability to adapt to a crisis and weigh out strategies and exits overrides my inability to detach and respond to immediate emotions of fear, anxiety or my own personal danger. How to deal with those emotions and after effect is something I would like to know more about …show more content…
Name and discuss the skills and characteristics traits you possess to deal with in a crisis situation. What are your personal strengths, attributes and abilities? Also, what do you have to work on to be more effective in a crisis situation? Be clear and descriptive.
The skills and characteristics traits I posses are the ability to listen to what is being said and what is not spoken. I am able to adapt and empathize with others situational needs and come up with a plan with a led direction. I am very observant, sensitive and intuitive to others quiet behaviours. What I have to work on is my emotional connection to a crisis. In the moment of a crisis I act without hesitation and navigate individuals to safety before thinking of myself. While I can get people to safety in a calm manner, my emotional state is overruled by my need to protect and make sure no one is hurt. It is not until a day or two has passed and I have had time to think about the situation does it affect …show more content…
As easy as it is to be motivated and even inspired to work in human services, it is just as easy to be broken. We sometimes forget while we are caring and aiding in another human’s life, we also need that same help. Our emotional state can say a lot about what our bodies and even spirit is lacking. The steps I have needed to take to keep myself safe were to take a step back and revaluate my position and where it needed to be. I asked myself what might possibly be needed to be changed? What did I learn? How can I apply it to life? And how to prevent it from happening again. I have to remind myself that while I am adaptive, intuitive and aware of my own personal strengths and weaknesses, I am not superhuman and with every cause there is an effect even in the smallest of
The debriefing process is an area I have explored with little knowledge about the process. While I can remain calm before during and after an incident, it is not until a day or two after I do feel the effects of the event. My main focus is always directed to those who would need the most assistance and their personal care before my own. My ability to adapt to a crisis and weigh out strategies and exits overrides my inability to detach and respond to immediate emotions of fear, anxiety or my own personal danger. How to deal with those emotions and after effect is something I would like to know more about …show more content…
Name and discuss the skills and characteristics traits you possess to deal with in a crisis situation. What are your personal strengths, attributes and abilities? Also, what do you have to work on to be more effective in a crisis situation? Be clear and descriptive.
The skills and characteristics traits I posses are the ability to listen to what is being said and what is not spoken. I am able to adapt and empathize with others situational needs and come up with a plan with a led direction. I am very observant, sensitive and intuitive to others quiet behaviours. What I have to work on is my emotional connection to a crisis. In the moment of a crisis I act without hesitation and navigate individuals to safety before thinking of myself. While I can get people to safety in a calm manner, my emotional state is overruled by my need to protect and make sure no one is hurt. It is not until a day or two has passed and I have had time to think about the situation does it affect …show more content…
As easy as it is to be motivated and even inspired to work in human services, it is just as easy to be broken. We sometimes forget while we are caring and aiding in another human’s life, we also need that same help. Our emotional state can say a lot about what our bodies and even spirit is lacking. The steps I have needed to take to keep myself safe were to take a step back and revaluate my position and where it needed to be. I asked myself what might possibly be needed to be changed? What did I learn? How can I apply it to life? And how to prevent it from happening again. I have to remind myself that while I am adaptive, intuitive and aware of my own personal strengths and weaknesses, I am not superhuman and with every cause there is an effect even in the smallest of