Author: Zack Repanshek, MD (Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine – @ZackRepEM) // Edited by: Alex Koyfman, MD ( @EMHighAK ) and Manpreet Singh, MD ( @MPrizzleER )

If you are an emergency physician, chances are good that you recently saved a person’s life. Chances are also good that that person will never know your name or all the things that you did for them.

The EM mindset is about making a difference in people’s lives. We relieve pain. We look for answers. We ease minds. We save lives.

But the EM mindset is not about glory or even receiving credit for these amazing things that we do.

If you are interested in reading the rest of this and other EM Mindset pieces, please see “An Emergency Medicine Mindset,” a collection evaluating the thought process of emergency physicians. This book is available as ebook and print on Amazon.