When can and should we withdraw from continuing resuscitation in the Emergency Department? We are here to save lives. I would argue the Emergency Medicine is a very pure expression of a Doctor’s role: we meet a patient, we use all the tools at our disposal to work out what is happening, we do our utmost to make it better. Simple aims (complicated means): simple people. Right? We’re here to save lives. Sometimes we can’t. Sometimes the damage seems too great, and all we can do is the best we can, to support the patient and wait and see.

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