Tonight I tried, alone, to resuscitate an 82 year old lady ...

A sudden collapse.

When you are working on a patient efficiency is paramount.

There is little room for emotion.

The emotion wells as you sit afterwards - surrounded by faded black and white photographs of a smiling gap-toothed girl, Technicolor wedding portraits of a beautiful bride and a once handsome (now bowed and broken-hearted) groom, cheeky-looking grandchildren and great-grandchildren in their school uniforms.

An unwanted guest in an unfamiliar living room - brimful of a lifetime of precious family memories.