GTA Poker;384527 wroteI think I am mostly surprised by my emotional response afterward in that I deal with this very often at work, albeit on animals and not a human child. I guess it is easier to compartmentalized things in a professional environment than during a random life occurrence. I am wondering a bit if this can be a healthy thing over 14 years of emergency vet work and is part of the reason I am looking to purchase a day practice...hopefully I can go more time between deep thoughts of life and death:)
Context is really important obviously. The things you do at your job, are your job. This wasn't your job, but you hit it out of the park clearly.
Likely not too much of a stretch to suggest you were in shock?
To perform those tasks with a clear head under incredible stress is incredibly taxing. Had to shake that off somehow at some point.
Well done though GTA. That family is lucky you were there.