Near the first part of "M.I.A." a patient was being resuscitated from heart stoppage. Clearly the monitor showed "asystole" or a total absence of electrical activity in the heart. During such an event, meaning "without electrical activity in the heart," there is no medium for transmitting external electrical shock causing the restarting of a heart. This is considered a futile effort, bound to fail completely 100% of the time .
McGee says that Torres's marathon time of around three hours is nearly as fast as Olympians. The world record marathon time is just over two hours, so Torres is only two-thirds the speed.