Every one of them would have, had they been with her. So, yeah, she was right to take them out.
And CPR's hardly a cheat. She was dead. The narrative describes a lack of brain activity. Outside interference after the fact, a product of medical science, doesn't negate that, any more than a prophecy that says "Luke Skywalker will lose a hand to his father" is negated by the fact that he got a snazzy prosthesis before the end credits even rolled.