Medical Miracle: Pregnant woman revived after 14 minutes of a heart attack in UK, delivers baby through CPR and C-section
In a medical miracle, a 37-week pregnant woman in the UK was revived after 14 minutes of suffering a heart attack. The doctors raced against time with a team of 30 medics who performed an emergency Caesarean section and, at the same time, read more.
In an incident of a medical miracle, a 37-week pregnant woman in Stafford, UK, reportedly collapsed due to a heart attack but shockingly woke up after 14 minutes with a baby after doctors conducted CPR and a C-section at the same time, reported the Sun UK.
The woman has been identified as Natasha Sokunbi, who told The Sun that her heart wasn't beating when the doctors delivered her child and she was basically dead when she pulled her out.
According to the report, the doctors raced against time with a team of 30 medics who performed an emergency Caesarean section, and at the same time, they gave the woman air and performed chest compressions. However, Natasha had to be in a coma and did not meet her baby until three days later.
Doctors say this is a once-in-a-career event for an emergency doctor
Natasha, the 30-year-old, was around three weeks away from her due date. On December 2, she felt unwell with a chest infection, and following this, she was admitted to A&E at the Royal Stoke Hospital. She arrived at the hospital with a complaint of chest infection, but she suddenly collapsed in the waiting room.
The staff at the hospital gave her CPR immediately, after which her delivery through C-section was done. According to Dr. Bennett, who told The Sun UK that Natasha was probably the lucky one that she came to the emergency section of the hospital.
Such incidents are said to happen once in a career event for an emergency doctor. The doctors used a life-saving procedure called resuscitative hysterotomy to save the woman's life.
Know what is resuscitative hysterotomy
A study conducted in 2024 found that the survival chance of both the mother and the baby with the resuscitative hysterotomy procedure could be as low as 4.5 per cent.
According to the National Library of Medicine, resuscitative hysterotomy is described as a rare, emergency C-section performed on a pregnant woman with cardiac arrest. It is also known as perimortem C-section or post-mortem C-section.
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