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Men will be men ;-)

People dying after hours of CPR is a good thing, they have very little chance of being anything but a vegetable anyway. This call was nothing like that. I have done CPR on people for an hour or so, I have pulled bodies out of cars, I have seen some really traumatic injuries and never responded this way before. My reaction did not cause me to miss any calls, or interfere with work in anyway. And why do you have to make it a sexist thing when you say "girls that cry and get upset"? I don't think that has anything to do with it. And yes I had an emotional as well as a physical reaction to the event, at least I waited until we cleared the scene. My MALE partner froze at the scene causing an issue where I had to work harder than I should have.

Notice how the OP never returned?

Hi Bob, Welcome to the city Bob! Gee Bob, you sure look like a cute girl....Bob. I bet you'll get a lot of, how you doin's......um....Bob. OK, I don't even like saying that...sorry Ash, but I had to respond to Dwayne's post. He's right though, COME ON GUYS! What are we, a bunch of horndogs? Next time a Bob joins, let's...oh I don't know, give em a bunch of "Hey dude's."

Why is it considered a weakness to have an emotional reaction to such an event? because emotional reactions takes up valuable time that you can spend on something worthwhile. Its best not to have emotional reactions, and there are people out there who just DO NOT get emotional. they are the assets, wasting time by any means is a liability or weakness.

Yes, Yes, Psychopaths ! like Dexter of the TV show... Dexter. but they are still assets. because if you don't spend a half hour crying after a call, you can be out on the next call. definitely an asset in my books. nothing wrong with people who do not get emotional after a call. in the world, humans come in all different levels of emotional. you got the girls that cry and get upset over the every littlest thing, and you got the serial killer that wont blink an eye as they press the genocide button. EMS and other emergency type jobs like police, military, are better suited for those who are LESS EMOTIONAL and they are assets here. Jobs like consular, therapists, etc are better suited for those who have a higer level of emotional availability, and they are assets there. I myself, am more towards the less emotional type, very little bothers me, never cried or needed to after a call, people dying after hours of CPR do not get me upset, I focus on the work, to provide the best quality care I can, and after that, I know that everybody eventually dies, its the way of nature. I'm ok with that.