Butter, I think you have to factor in that arrhythmia can strike suddenly and kill a person within seconds.
There’s no such thing as ‘the middle of cardiac arrest’ there isn’t any time for any middle. The rythm of the heart is disturbed and out of synch, and blood flow to the brain, carrying vital oxygen ceases.
That’s my understanding, I posted something along those lines way back...from a medical source.
There’s a timeframe within which intervention can save a person’s life even after their heart has stopped.
At this point I don’t really care whether Fuddy could have been saved or not. If things happened the way we were told (and that’s a big if), then the CG swimmer wouldn’t have been able to save her. BUT HE WASN’T SUPPOSED TO KNOW THAT. He was supposed to act according to the protocols.
We deserve to know why he didn’t follow the protocols, yet announced to the whole world that he actually had - knowing all the other folks in the Coast Guard would know that he didn’t.