“What happens when the “what if” or worst-case scenario becomes the only scenario? First responders live in both scenarios each time they go to work and often when they return home. At work, this allows us to excel when responding to any call for help. Going into the unknown means there is potential for many worst-case scenarios. This mindset is embedded in us from our first day of training to prepare us for our career as a first responder. We became experts in “what if”/worst case and used it in any scenario, emergency or not.”
At work, this allows us to excel when responding to any call for help. Going into the unknown means there is potential for many worst-case scenarios. This mindset is embedded in us from our first day of training to prepare us for our career as a first responder. We became experts in “what if”/worst case and used it in any scenario, emergency or not. Now throw in compassion fatigue, PTSD, and management issues, and you have a new potential for a negative mindset that thrives in the “what if”/worst-case scenario thinking….
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