How do I stop feeling overwhelmed by rescue work and pressure?

Right now the techniques and the pressure hit you all at once, and it feels like too much to hold. That is what the beginning feels like for everyone who does this work. You are being asked to learn hard skills and stay calm under real stakes at the same time. Of course it overwhelms you. It would overwhelm anyone who cared. The way through is to stop trying to master all of it today. Skills become steady one at a time, through repetition, until your hands know them without your mind racing. The calm you envy in experienced people is not a gift they were born with. It is the quiet that comes after a skill has been practiced so many times it no longer takes all your attention. Pick one technique that rattles you most and drill it until it feels ordinary. Just one. When it stops costing you effort, the pressure around it shrinks, because you have one less thing to think about when it counts. Build your steadiness one skill at a time.