title: Recognizing and managing futility. Take a proactive approach with tragic events.
authors.affiliation: Emergency Medical Services Program at Tacoma Community College, Tacoma, WA, USA.
authors.forename: Mike
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000739:Anecdotes as Topic; D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018447:Medical Futility; D011368:Professional-Family Relations