I dont need a pulmonologist to manage difficulty breathing and difficulty breathing leads to adverse pulmonary not cardiac events. I have run more codes than you can shake a stick at and have never had a patient come back after calling a code. But I bow to your superior experience you obviously see the world the way you want to.
Actually (much to my chagrin) I have seen this happen — in our literature it called Lazarus Syndrome but unlike the two day linger described it is usually only about 3 - 5 minutes. And it does not matter if you recommence the code, the patient still goes on to pass. It is quite the thing however, when you call it quits, start cleaning up and there is a burst of something. Very well described in critical care literature with absolutely no positive outcome, and definitely an agonal event. But it does shake you the first time you see it...