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When you freeze during a medical emergency despite training

I froze when my coworker collapsed and started convulsing and everyone was looking at me because I took that CPR class last year but I just stood there like an idiot.

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The gap between theoretical knowledge and embodied response reveals how crisis strips away our prepared selves.

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

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