I suppose the reason their effort as shown is so gentle is that they have already in effect concluded that it is futile.

10 years ago (Dec 8,2000) I arrived at the hospital to see my father being worked on after he coded. I will never forget that. He was in multi organ system failure, and had been sick for years, but I cannot forget the noise, the energy that went into attempts to revive him.

I watched a team of nurses and doctors work on him for 10 minutes to no avail. He passed away. I know there may be a difference in the way adults are worked on compared to children, but still, the excuse above seem insane!