Hello, I've had to do CPR once, and when the casualty was whisked off by the Ambulance, I was reasonably sure that he was going to die. It didn't affect me in the slightest - I just thought "I did the best I can do, at least I gave the man a chance, I'm sure his relatives/friends will be grateful for that". Something that did bother me at that collapse was that when the Tech appeared in the RRV he wasn't wearing gloves either, and wasn't wearing them whilst he was trying to get a line into the cas's arm! Now, as a First Aider and Lifeguard, gloves and personal protection is drummed into us - as a consequence I always have two pairs of gloves in a wallet on my person. I am amazed that professionals who do this day-in day-out are so lapse about Personal Protection. I realise it can't be very pleasant to have your hands inside a pair of gloves all day, but the HIV scare that you went through I expected that you would be more careful. Congratulations on a very interesting blog, I've been a longtime reader, but this is my first comment. Regards, Dan