The first step in “The Five Steps to Helping in an Emergency”
after the Emergency is Step 1- Notice that something is happening. This step is in some ways the most critical
as the individual must first notice something is wrong. For example in some cases the situation might
be more noticeable than others. In the
article called “Detroit woman who stopped attack reflects the changing norms of
heroism” in the Washington post the lady discusses stepping into a mob to stop
the beating of a driver who accidently stuck a 10 year old. This emergency is interesting because there
was in some ways a mob mentality was happening but Deborah Hughes in some ways
acted as a hero to stop their actions.
Hughes stopped the group of half a dozen men and teenagers but running
into the crowd and saying “please don’t hit him anymore.” In this case Deborah effectively followed
through the path to providing help in a textbook manner. The emergency was the beating of the driver
and step 1 she noticed it was happening, 2 interpreted it as an emergency, 3
took responsibility by trying to stop the crowd, 4 decided how to help by
saying please stop and then 5 she provided help by massaging the drivers neck
to help his circulation.
Joe
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