Helpful or Caring Heart..Maybe?

I'm trying to figure out if I have the "Caring" gene. You would think someone born of two very helpful people, naturally I would be "Heather Helpful". Well Wait, is Helpful and Caring two different things?

I recently got accepted into the CNA program. While I was having the interview with one of the nurses, she said you have to have compassion for people. So, again I start to worry. Do I have what it takes?

 My mother has always worked in the heath care field, she has always had a way of caring for others, no matter what the situation was.

Same with my Dad, he's been a firefighter, MP, security officer and EMT. Now as you can see I have been raised with the helpful and Caring gene, Maybe.

I am just going to shoot in the dark here and say the Caring and Helpful or two different things. What my mother does is caring. What my father does is helpful?

Story Time:

   I can remember when I was in high school, My parents and I were on a road trip to somewhere, (What you should know is that when ever two or more people are in the car I tend to sleep 90% of the way to where ever we are going). I was awaken by the car pulling over to the gravel side of the road. My mom tells me to stay in the car (umm, the way I'm looking lady? Gladly) When I actually come to and looked out the window I see, what looks to be a red truck turned over on its roof and both of my parents heading over toward the truck. Not, sure how they come upon this situation but the fact that they didn't just drive by and call the police but stopped is what struck me. The fact that dad told the operator to use his GPS on his phone to track our location, My mother asking the man if he was the only one in the car. But the whole thing was something that makes me stop and ask. If it was me, would I have stopped? Would I know what to do? and How many other people saw this same thing?

My dad, who is "Mr. Emergency" to me, meaning in any given season he is prepared for ANYTHING! Ever since I can remember if he ever saw a car on the side of the road, he stops and asks, "Is everything OK, do you need any help?" He told me when my sister and I was younger he did it less often as a safety precaution for us (Not everyone is as innocent as they seem). 

Recently, we all had a talk about "When does helping someone Kick in"? Is it after you've had years of training like them? Is it just the flight or fight response? What is it?

Will I have what it takes? Because I care about people, I love learning about them and when it comes to helping them I try my best. Most of the time its really having the ear to listen to them (People talk my ear off like CRAZY). So can I go that further step by putting their life in my hands? What does it take?

I started asking one question,  but ended up with more questions then answers.

The CNA program is over on 0ct. 12th so I'll revisit this around then. after some training and understanding of a few more things.