Tonite my 51 year old mother in law collapsed, we thought it was a seizure and in 5 minutes we were doing cpr because she stopped breathing and had no pulse. While doing cpr her jaw was virtually locked closed and we were having a hard time opening her airway, we had three of us working cpr on her, two working and one prying her mouth open. She started breathing very short, very shallow breaths, like a fish out of water. One us is a cardiac nurse so immediatly she was being worked on and the ambulance was fast, from start to hospital was probably 30 minutes if that. I think we ve heard she has heart disease. What does that sound like to you?
Hey, She might have had a VT(ventricular tachycardia) which is a life-threatening condition in which the heart do not contract but only fibrillates. This may happen with an underlying cardiac disease like blockage in the vessel of the heart. These things must have already been evaluated in the hospital. If she has this condition than she will need a coronary angiography when her condition will be stable for the procedure. Further treatment will depend on the result of angiography. Good luck for thanks a lot Chat Doctor. 