Some people are more useful in emergencies than others. You're right that some will fall to pieces, but I'm the type with presence of mind and I would be doing

Some people are more useful in emergencies than others. You're right that some will fall to pieces, but I'm the type with presence of mind and I would be doing that as quickly as I could rather than waiting until I caved in to the pain. Per the description, it's not that bad until the reaction spreads, so you want to take care of something like this before your feel like you're about to die.