Quote Originally Posted by zimmerwald1915 View Post
Not to mention that it's used incorrectly in the episode. CPR's supposed to be used when there's no pulse or respiration, not to pump water out of the lungs.
I thought of that, but I then decided Rory must have already drowned by the time the mermaid thing saved him, so he had no pulse. Didn't they say he wasn't breathing? Most first aid authorities say to go ahead and start CPR if there is no breathing, since laypeople often have trouble determining if there is a pulse.

All that said, yes, TV has strange ideas about CPR. I understand why they removed him from what you are calling "advanced care", but what I don't get is why they didn't go get a defibrillator or, better yet, some super Time Lord medicine. Time Lords have two hearts, but they otherwise have a similar vascular system, so I'm not clear on why Time Lord Tech couldn't be used to restart Rory's heart.