Interpersonal interaction
Sometimes, the decisions we make and the emotions surrounding a certain interpersonal interaction can be determine the outcome. This notion is based on the fact that interpersonal interaction is a process that involve exchange of both information and feelings. In most cases, intense feeling can crowd information exchange and result in poor decisions.
One of interpersonal interaction that I encountered and which I was dissatisfied is an accident I had witnessed at the age of 16. I had just received my driving licence and I was enjoying my first ride. Precipitously, a car in front of me ran off the road before flipping several times. I had to make a swift decision and without hesitation I pulled over and immediately called for help before heading to the vehicle. In the car, there was a mother and her daughter. The mother was on the driver’s seat and the daughter at the backseat. They were both trapped and they had lost a considerable large amount of blood. The mother continuously called for help and at that moment I froze and I had no idea of what to do. My mind was crowded and there was little I could do to help rather than wait for the ambulance. Soon, the mother screams faded away before the ambulance arrived. By the time the ambulance arrived both the mother and the daughter had passed. It is at that moment that it dawned to me that I could have done something to help. Up to date, that event still haunts me.
If the same incident happened to me again, I would approach it differently. I will first make an emergency call and then head to the scene. On the scene, I will compose myself to ensure that my mind is free to make informed decisions. I will evaluate the situation of the scene and make a decision of who to pull out first based on variables such as the amount of bleeding and level of resilience. I will not stop until the mother and the child are out of the vehicle. I will then try to stop the bleeding for both of them to buy time for the arrival of the ambulance.