What would you think & how would u react?!
Question: You witness a young woman have a severe asthma attack. You can hear a loud wheeze as she's trying to breathe and it's obvious she's getting scared and fighting for each breath. She won't look at anyone, but continues to stare, wheeze and try to breathe. You call an ambulance as well as her mother. She can barely talk and can't speak in sentences, but when she finds out you called her mother, she starts to get upset and tries to tell you that her mother doesn't need anymore stress b/c her grandfather (the mother's father) is in the hospital as well.
What would you think after she says this? And how would you react?
Answers: You witness a young woman have a severe asthma attack. You can hear a loud wheeze as she's trying to breathe and it's obvious she's getting scared and fighting for each breath. She won't look at anyone, but continues to stare, wheeze and try to breathe. You call an ambulance as well as her mother. She can barely talk and can't speak in sentences, but when she finds out you called her mother, she starts to get upset and tries to tell you that her mother doesn't need anymore stress b/c her grandfather (the mother's father) is in the hospital as well.
What would you think after she says this? And how would you react?
I would tell her I'm sorry that she's upset, but that I didn't know what else to do. If something bad had happened to her and her mother had been informed after it was over, wouldn't she be upset that no one called so she could be with her daughter? If I were a mother, regardless of what else is going on in my life, I'd want to be called. It's over and the friend (you, I'm guessing) did the right thing.
Keep in mind that people get embarrassed and upset easily when they are sick or having some sort of trauma; they really don't realize what the rational thing is because it's all emotions. When they are calm, just ask them what they would do if they saw someone fighting for every breath?
Is she an adult? Did you know her mom's phone # because you know her personally? If she is legally an adult and did not want her mother called, then her mother should not have been called. A family member can always be called after the crisis is averted. It kind of sounds like some personal bounderies were violated.
If this is a true story and you experienced this, then you did the right thing. First, the girl would have recieved no medical treatment without parental consent and second I believe that her mom would have the ability to deal with both situations. I mean just think if the girl had died and u hadn't called her mom? That would be awful right?
Shes scared, cant breath, confused, and worried about her mother.