A simple opinion

[dmacdaddy1994]

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I was wondering something and figured this would be the best way to find out an actual answer. As a pre med who wants to go into emergency medicine, I can't help but wonder no matter how many labs or procedures you do on a cadaver, how nerve racking is it when you do your first chest tube or first anything really on a living breathing patient? How do you get over that fear or anxiety?

 

[deleted480308]

As a housekeeping thing you should be posting in the premed section

But to answer, there are skills labs in sim and on cadaver for many things. Some stuff the first time you do it will be with a real person....but after watching a few, then assisting, then doing with tight hand holding, then supervision then eventually the leash getd longer as your supervisors learn your competency

You’ll be fine, most of us remember the nerves

 

[CherryRedDracul]

Nerves are natural doing your first procedures. As you do more procedures and know what precautionary steps to take, you become less nervous because you have a better idea of what to do and what to expect.