you provided appropriate care. causing intentional pain to try and stimulate someone who has fainted is not something that should be done in most case. paramedics do this to check and see if someone is responsive (or dead) so as long as the fainting victim is breathing just elevate those legs and allow them to recover gently.
should you smack or forcefully put a finger in someones chest to wake the up from fainting . my 14 year old grand daughter passed out on my son-in-law and i got in an argument over this. he said this is what paramedics did to him i believe this is to judge the level of consciousness not to wake some one up who has fainted. doing this could actually cause more damage than good. i used a cold compress and supported her until she came around which was just like a couple of minutes. am i on the right track?