Congestive heart failure - appeared to have died my dad died in front of me, my mom and boyfriend nov. 6th, 2011. we lost him of congestive heart failure with no warning. he was coughing, throwing up and then got dizzy and sat down. he fell off of what he

This : This is also similar to the answer that i provided about the tendency of the body to have a reflex when all voluntary activities are no longer controllable. In the setting of chf, there is also an increase in the blood pressure to the blood vessels supplying the blood flow to the inner aspects of the lung; these blood vessels are small, and fragile and not uncommonly can rupture during CPR causing bleeding within the airspaces of the lung which after some period of time may come up through the mouth (usually as one applies pressure on the chest during CPR it causes an increase in the pressure within the chest, causing any fluid in the lung to surface). I do not believe that your father was aware of what was happening, and he certainly was not in pain or suffering.

Heart attack: What you described is acute pulmonary edema and cardiogenic shock. This is caused by a massive acute heart attack where the heart suddenly stop pumping , fluid rapidly accumulates in the lungs and blood pressure falls as cardiac output drops. This is the most dreaded complication of a heart attack and unfortunately it is frequently fatal.