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When helping someone in an emergency feels traumatic for both people

Everyone says I should feel good about helping but I keep thinking about how scared that little girl looked when I was doing first aid on her.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Emergency interventions can be experienced as additional trauma by those receiving help, complicating the helper's sense of having done good.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Emergency and first aid — evidence-based?”

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