Background: Stress is an integral part of the daily routine among healthcare workers in anesthesiology and emergency medicine.
Objectives: This article describes negative stress effects in complex emergency situations and presents helpful tools for coping with them.
Material and methods: Evaluation and discussion of selected medical and psychological publications and the inclusion of expert opinions are presented.
Results: Negative stress of healthcare providers in medical emergencies severely affects their reasoning and communication and is inadequately taken into account during routine care.
Conclusion: Research in aviation and psychology has provided various tools to improve performance during stressful events and should be taken into consideration for routine daily use.