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Originally Posted by Germanauto
Ultimately, when a Resident is intimidated to ask a question out of fear, patients can die.
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I'm thankful every day that even when the pressure is really on at my job, it's not actually that serious. I often remind my team, and also myself, that even if we completely screw something up at our job, nobody will die.
Wasn't always this way for me - while nothing close to being in the medical field, I've worked in large facilities and event management where we have to plan for everything. We did have people die on our watch, and the second guessing around what if our call protocol was different or what if we'd set a different egress plan or what if what if what if was the most terrible part, even if we knew in our brains that everything we planned and did was as it should have been.
I'm glad now that if I just crap the bed with something I'm working on, worst case is maybe we lose that deal and everyone just moves on to the next one.