Fatal heart attack ?

I also need to know because i have a terrible fear of suffocating and wonder if what happened to my dad would be experienced as suffocating?

People are saying it was a 'good way to go' - it didn't look good to me and he had so many dreams.

Watching anyone having a fatal heart attack is a horrible experience to go through, let alone watching it happen to a loved one.
It is hard to say what an individual feels when it happens to them, and i'm sure it is different for everyone, but first up, let me say that he probably did not experience suffocation.
It sounds like it went very quickly from "discomfort" to passing out. It would've been sudden and I'd say he was unconscious and not aware of what was going on. Rest assured that he'd know you did everything to save him, and sometimes there is just nothing that can be done. It is often the case that the first sign someone gets of a heart problem is the first time they ever get any chest pain. You did not doanything worse for him and did the best you could under the circumstances!!!

Hi I have just lost my father under very similar circumatances, he took a very sharp intake of breath and died, we assume this is heart failure but are awaiting results. My father in law went the exact same way six months ago, the doctors told us it would be like switching off a light,(Heart Failure) they will have known nothing about it, I take comfort in this. Difficult to lose a loved one under any circumstances but this apparntly is a quick way to passaway and the individual usually does not know anything.

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Hi Rosemary,
I may be able to help you with your question. I'm a 46 year old woman and I just had a heart attack last Thursday during which I went into V-fib and had to be shocked at 2 different times (the second time requiring 2 shocks). What I experienced is that I started to feel worse (like my chest was getting tighter but not an awful feeling), then the next thing I remembered is feeling like I was dreaming, seeing a series of images which I can't remember (don't think I saw family who died, nor do I think I saw scenes from my life, but I don't know for sure). The dream-like state did not feel pleasant or unpleasant. Then I remember re-gaining consciousness, like when the EMT worker was yelling "can you hear me?". So, hopefully, your father had a similar experience, meaning that he went into an altered state when the discomfort or fear intensified, but he just didn't come back. I'm sorry for your loss. I hope what I'm sharing here is helpful to you.