It’s amazing how many people think that if someone’s heart stops, they stop breathing or both they will be revived with CPR or an AED. It’s not an absolute but unfortunately TV has perpetuated this mindset. I’d say the biggest culprit is/was Baywatch. It seemed like every drowning victim was revived after a few seconds of CPR/Rescue Breathing on that stupid show. Well enough of that rant. Who knows what was going on in that situation but if she had stopped breathing and her heart had stopped the best thing they could do was provide CPR to keep blood and oxygen flow to her vital systems until they could get her to proper facilities. It sounds like the relative was expecting spontaneous consciousness.
Here is an interesting
article about how TV shows have changed the public’s perception about effectiveness of CPR and other lifesaving measures.