Stress

Question 1

Types of stress:

Answer 1

immediate Work overload - overwhelmed
Emotional – loss of patient, blame for mistakes, personality clash,
General pervasive (fatigue, high stakes issues)

Question 2

How do you handle stress

Answer 2

Workload
-- Organize, Prioritise, delegate
-- Anticipate issues
-- Communicate - Ask for help, manage others expetations
Emotional – share issues with others
General pervasive stress
-- no different from most people
-- socialising, activities outside medicine
-- Music, racket sports, gym

Question 3

How do you recognise you are stressed:

Answer 3

I enjoy a certain amount of stress: motivates me
General: Irritable, make mistakes
I interrupt people when talking. REALISE. Apologise
Tension Headache: exam revision

Question 4

Example stressful situation:

Answer 4

Trache obstruction (emotional - debrief)
On call nights, high workload, sick colleague (work load – communicate, prioritise)