One girl’s brave response during an emergency helped to save her father’s life. She stayed cool, calm and collected and knew exactly what to do when the unexpected happened. Watch the short clip to see and hear about this young woman’s heroic, life-saving actions.

It’s too bad we are never given a 10 or even a 5-minute notice before a medical emergency. If that were the case, we could begin getting ready to help or possibly even prevent the emergency from happening altogether. Unfortunately, that’s not how emergencies typically work. Instead, we have to try to remain calm and provide assistance wherever possible.

Staying calm and cool during those intense moments is probably the most significant and helpful factor when offering aid during an emergency. It’s not really possible to be beneficial if you’re running around screaming frantically. Not much will be accomplished like that, or at least anything good.

A clip posted on YouTube tells of a young woman, an 8-year-old, who remained calm when her father suffered a seizure. Instead of freezing up and being too afraid to act, the child contacted 911 and informed them of the situation.

The child, while talking to the 911 operator, stays unbelievably calm. She explains what was happening right before her father’s medical episode and what he did while experiencing the seizure.

Later, the clip shows the child holding the front door open when first responders arrived on the scene. Thanks to the child’s quick actions and staying calm and cool under pressure, first responders rushed her father to the hospital for evaluation and care.

The child’s father, John, was obviously proud of how his daughter reacted in that moment.

“Definitely a proud dad moment,” he said. “She was able to stay calm and stay poised in what I can only imagine was a very, very scary situation for an 8-year-old.”

2 Timothy 1:7 “For God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power and love and of self-control.”