U.S. hospitals are grappling with whether to withhold aggressive treatments from Ebola patients to avoid further exposing doctors and nurses to the virus. Doctors at UTMB would intubate a patient and start an intravenous line capable of supplying dialysis, said Dr. A. Scott Lea, associate professor of infectious diseases at UTMB. They would also give electric countershocks if there was an abnormal heart rate, but they may withhold CPR. “If a young, 23-year old nurse with Ebola came in and fell to the floor, you’d resuscitate her,” said Lea. “But if someone was in total respiratory failure, they’re not going to come back from that. You won’t do chest compression.” In the photo, Dr. A. Scott Lea helps nurse Edwin Smith don protective gear at UTMB.