Croup- another PSA

If you believe that your child has croup, please remember that there are many different ways to treat it (and amazingly enough I went to school for a couple years to learn different treatments and am more than willing to treat your child appropriately). Please do not start screaming at me in the middle of the street, while holding your toddler in your arms, that "she needs that mask thing!! Give it to her! You will treat her!! Take her to the hospital NOW!" Take a deep breath, let me at least take a look at your child, and try to calm the hell down. Now you just have a crying, coughing, stridorous toddler in your arms that is NOT going to calm down any when you're freaking out and screaming at people she doesn't know. All this is going to do is cause PD to have to step in and get involved since you're weaving around in the road, won't let us get close to you to actually be able to evaluate and treat your child, and we can smell the alcohol on you from a good 4-5 feet away when you scream at us. A good way to handle it? Stay calm, reassure your kiddo, and answer my questions when I ask them. I'd much rather have it go this way than the way that you decided to behave.