Subject: when a person's heart and breathing have stopped and are restarted ...

on television shows and movies they show the person who is revived by 
artificial respiration always "comes to" coughing, whether they have been 
in a near drowning or not. wouldn't that person be more likely to sharply 
inhale, rather than cough and sputter? Is that just a more dramatic way to 
illustrate the person's revival, or do they actually do that (cough,etc.)?

Re: when a person's heart and breathing have stopped and are restarted ...