Inertia: I totally understand how trying to help your own child is so much harder than helping others in life threatening situations. I've been first on the scene to a car accident, helped strangers and friends of my kids (as recently as last week I had to deal with a friend's broken arm) but with my own kids I find it harder to remain calm... I mean I do... because I want them to not be frightened and to actually survive but I really need to somehow learn how to avoid getting that mental fuzz mind blank that could impact negatively on being able to help them.... no wonder surgeons often refuse to operate on relatives... I guess it's a common thing.