that may be true.
It comes down to the ability to separate yourself from an emotional situation - or not. When you attend sudden death incidents, you're trained (or experienced) to act professionally, distance yourself from the horrible-ness, and do a job.

Giving a death message requires a similar distancing in order to provide a service to the recipient.

However, with the dog, it was different because it had no idea what was happening - you can't train for it, and I'm a dog owner.
( Another_tragic_case wished he hadn't eaten all the cake, Tue 21 May 2013, 14:33, Reply)