Stress-Reducing Aphorisms Never suffer more than the patient. In a crisis, take your own pulse first. A routine is only a substitute for thought. Habits are first cobwebs, then cables Mark J. Lema, M.D., Ph.D. Editor Attention to trifles leads to perfection, and perfection is no trifle. Learn from the mistakes of others because you won t live long enough to make all the mistakes yourself.
Good judgment comes from experience.
Experience comes from bad judgment. There are old anesthesiologists and bold anesthesiologists, but no old, bold anesthesiologists. Lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part. There is no such thing as a little anesthesia. It s hard to kill a breathing patient.