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It's a little odd to be reading these... you see, I work in healthcare as respiratory therapist, and I guess you could say that a significant portion of what I do directly effects the patient's survival. The only thing is, I've been doing this for twelve years now and it seems "old hat."
I mean, I barely get adrenaline pumping any more. My job is pretty fast paced in an emergency, as I am responsible for the A & the B of the ABC's (airway, breathing and circulation, for those of you who don't speak healthcare). And though it's not exactly making widgits, there is a certain amount of routine to my resuscitation mentality. Most of the actual life-saving directives we use, go by rote, so there is a certain amount of cookbook flair in what we do.
It's interesting to get a fresh perspective on how people feel in a crisis situation.
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The sad thing is... as you get older you come to realize that you don't so much pilot your life, as you just try to hold on, in a screaming, defiant ball of white-knuckle anxious fury 
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