I have never performed CPR when it was obvious, ie cold, rigor, liver mortis... I always tell the family the truth, I never lie or sugar coat. One thing they deserve is honesty. It’s hard enough, no point in making it harder. I have had plenty of bad calls. Last year we had lots of young deaths from heroin. If he was witnessed going down, then we did it all all the way to the ER. Children are the worse. Tough to get past the death of a child. Lots of EMTs hang it up after that. Too hard. That is why this cold hearted bitch deserves more than to just lose her job. I know of NO EMTs who would do that. None. Not. A. One. She is a special kind of sicko.
“Children are the worse. Tough to get past the death of a child.”
My buddy was saying how emergency responders die at younger ages. And he is doing stuff to study it and prevent it. Better training, counseling, etc.
“Just running an errand and every block brings back the memory of a kid hit by a bike over there, the heart-attack over there, the flaming car wreck at the light - it takes a toll. The kids are the worst.”