cbs tonight if you could bring someone back from the dead
CBS News. A lot of doctors will stop compressions after about 20 minutes, said Dr. Parnia. But we know from research that if you go on for 40 minutes to an hour, your chances of bringing someone back to life is much, much higher.. In Joe Tiralosi's case, it was all by hand.y heart stopped, and the nurse was -- I heard screaming. And that was it.. But that wasn't it. Tiralosi was brought back from the dead. He says it was divine intervention, but it's also a testament to perseverance of his medical team, and the power of some bone-chilling cold.