Lol, sounds about right!!!! SOme of them aren't grateful at all for the assistance...
Well, it could have been prior to the medlink days I suppose, or, what they descrobe as hours could have been between 1 to 2... I am sure no matter the duration it probably feels like hours at the time. Having been involved in a couple of emergency situations, one instance I was sure the incident occured over about five minutes; later, an onlooker told me it had taken less than 30sec. So quite possible for them to later describe it as hours. The longest I've heard CPR ongoing was for around an hour 45, but that was with a dr present who advised them to keep going, as drugs were being administered. As Priapism explained, it would depend on the circumstances and the medics would know whether it was worth continuing or not.
I wonder if the media will publish an updated version of the story, explaining all this extra info about the patient's pre-existing conditons? I doubt it.