How to deal with bad outcomes

About a year and half out of residency, had a few bad outcomes since working, mostly things that I had no control over. Mainly 2 patients which were discharged. One was a young pt that came in intoxicated and sobered up and had no real complaints, discharged, ended up having a head bleed, did okay otherwise. I'm usually fairly middle of the pack in terms of amount of CTs and workup, but now I feel like I'm scanning anyone and everyone that comes in. I think most of the anxiety comes from... Read more
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