You're right. I wouldn't trust them with my dog. I have had an almost identical situation. I walked into a job that was actually given as a Cardiac Arrest to find two nurses desperately trying to take a BP. When questioned why they said that it was the first thing that they did to any patient who was ill. However in the case above the patient would have had a chance if they had started CPR. They were not long down and were in VF. I despair at some of these "qualified" nurses I really do.