It is tough and I dont want to say you get use to it but only 3 cardiac arrests have ever bothered me: my first one, one was an older man going to the post office to mail his bills-when I saw the gas bill I started to cry and the 3rd was a young girl whos mother was a nurse upstairs and her sister now works with us-had a very bad asthma attack and ended up going into arrest. I cried that night. I cried with the supervisor and the family! I general try to stay away from the family because when they start to cry so do I. But that night I ended up taking care of the family and relaying info to them and whne the Dr came in to tell them everyone lost it including the DR. I know for a fact it bothered him to have to call it!
It' rough sometimes