Hi Tom, Dealing with death and its immediate consequences is part of the Paramedics life and it is something that every one of us has come to terms with in order to function correctly and efficiently whilst performing our job. Like you, I noticed over many years, that the trauma of the event, whether involving family, friends or even strangers in the street is one that creates long lasting memories. For this reason it is important that these observers, whether they assisted in trying to revive the patient or not, should be left with a positive memory and the belief that they did the right thing! I am sure that the people at this incident left with such positive views and that you would have made that possible by your attitude towards them. I have occasionally had to share a shift with people that did not share this view and their attitude to the traumatised has been less than positive. Once the incident was closed and we retired to the privacy of our ambulance I would present my logic to these ignorant people and hope that in the future they just might learned the lesson about how to be the kind and caring, how to be a Paramedic. Well done! Live long and prosper.