Instead, despite resuscitation efforts, he died without a word.

Since then, I have waited at least 15 minutes after a failed resuscitation effort before informing the family members.

So, he'd been dead before I began my resuscitation efforts.

Surgery was often performed at the same time as the initial resuscitation efforts.

In such cases, two doctors have to attest to the futility of a resuscitation effort.

"They were coding people in the dark," said the nurse, who did not give her name, referring to resuscitation efforts.

Vital signs did not return; the patient was declared dead and resuscitation efforts ended.

After 25 minutes of resuscitation efforts, the patient was verbally declared dead.

Despite substantial resuscitation efforts, he was established to have died on the spot.

She was pronounced dead after 20 minutes of resuscitation efforts.