Unfortunate incident actually. Sorry for your friends. My condolences for the deceased family and friends. Thought Pulmonary embolism (PE) is not in the top lists of killer disease but it's prevalence is not little though. Every year, there are approximately 10 million cases of VTE (venous thromboembolism) worldwide which may turn into PE.
Diagnosis is also difficult, even for experienced doctor. Need high level of suspicion and prompt measures to prevent death. CTPA (CT pulmonary angiogram) is best investigation for PE but sometime we don't get enough time for doing so.
By the way, nice post though background is a sad event in your life.
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Thank you so much for your condolences and for stopping by, i love how you've described PE so well, was trying to write it in plain english so that everyone can understand easily. PE is in most cases overlooked, and it also falls back to patients who don't go to the hospital on time, as most people consider some symptoms to be just stress. I see your a physician so I'll be expecting better posts on general health and unforseen diseases. Cheers!