“Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.” – Mike Tyson Mental preparedness is not taught to us in emergency medicine or in healthcare generally, but it is something we are all doing to a degree.  However, we need to improve our abilities and expand on them to do our jobs better.  There are many approaches and everyone has their own style, but we will go over some approaches today to help improve your shifts and hopefully lead to you being a better clinician.​