Hi All, I have been thinking this week about panic. There are so many people at the moment telling us not to panic, but how can we identify panic? Can panic be detected from actions, or from the consequences of the actions? If a person or a group of people are behaving in a way that could be construed as panic but the outcome of the behaviour is positive or beneficial in some way, was it panic? Does this mean that there are times when to panic is the right option?

As a society we are so often bombarded by the obvious, we have all seen the signs on strollers telling us to remove our children before folding up the stroller or that our peanut paste may contain traces of nuts. However, we are still given these vague messages about not panicking, but given no clues as to exactly what constitutes panic? If you do a keyword search on “Panic” in the UQ library catalogue you get 254 hits here at Ipswich alone we have 23. If you can’t get to all of them don’t panic, just a few should give you enough information so that you know exactly what not to do when instructed not to panic. Helping you to be prepared, Marcos