It is important to get put ourselves in controlled situations where our stress level is up at kung fu as well. I know a lot of students get uncomfortable about sparring but it is a great tool. We don't spar so we learn to be stand up fighters, it teaches us how to move and react in a situation where our blood pressure is up so we can learn to think on our feet so to speak. Sparring in class is a safe, controlled environment that brings up a little bit of that stress response and can be a great learning experience.
Saturday, March 10, 2012
Simulate
The past few weeks in the halls of NAIT there have been a lot of "SIM" Labs going on. The respiratory therapy students are rolled down the hallways on stretchers while giving CPR to a "patient", the paramedics have actors simulating an emergency scenario, even the medical lab students deal with an emotionally volatile "patient" in the lab next door. I had my turn in a SIM lab last week as well, an animal comes in, and I choose my drugs and do calculations, induce, tube and hook up to the anesthetic machine. From an outside point of view it seems silly to watch people take a situation that isn't actually an emergency so seriously. I know these are actors, I know that I can't really kill this animal, but these experiences are stressful. We are meant to be put in a stressful situation so we can learn how to keep our cool under pressure. More learning happens when under a certain level of stress, and we learn valuable lessons from these simulated emergencies.
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