‘Fit and healthy’ dad, 33, dies suddenly after waking up having a ‘panic attack’

A 'FIT and healthy' dad, 33, died abruptly aft waking up having a 'panic attack'.

Gregory Carr's heartbroken household are inactive searching for answers aft helium tragically passed distant connected May 8 earlier this year.

The young solicitor, from Atherton successful Wigan, had gone to furniture complaining of feeling unwell earlier waking up successful the aboriginal hours of the morning.

His fiancée, Rachael Cartwright, gave him CPR and called exigency services erstwhile helium stopped responding to her.

Greg was blue-lighted to Royal Bolton Hospital, wherever helium sadly died astatine 7.26am aft going into cardiac arrest.

An inquest into his decease was held at Bolton Coroners' Court yesterday.

A coroner concluded it was a lawsuit of Sudden Adult Death Syndrome (SADS).

The inquest heard Greg was acceptable and healthy, playing football, going to the gym, did not portion to excess, and wasn't a smoker.

The young dada was a devoted household antheral who loved spending clip with Rachael and their son.

The tribunal heard however Greg had complained of thorax pains successful the months starring up to his decease but blamed enactment stress.

His devastated fiancée told the court: "It was astir 6am. I primitively thought helium was having a panic onslaught oregon a nightmare.

"I was trying to calm him down for a mates of seconds and past I realised determination was much to it.

"I told him I was going to ringing an ambulance. He didn't respond to that and that's erstwhile I realised it was serious."

Consultant pathologist Dr Patrick Waugh told the inquest determination were nary signs of bosom abnormalities.

"This is decidedly a decease that is cardiac successful origin," Dr Waugh added.

Professor Mary Sheppard, a starring nationalist authorization connected abrupt cardiac death, said the 33-year-old had a "structurally mean heart".

The tribunal heard Greg's household are looking for further introspection amid fears helium whitethorn person had a familial condition.

His household has besides acceptable up a fund with the foundation Cardiac Risk successful the Young (CRY)to assistance rise awareness.

An yearly 9 a broadside footie lucifer has besides been started successful the footballer's representation by Bolton Lads and Girls Club.

Paying tribute to Greg astatine the decision of the inquest, adjunct coroner Pemberton told his family: "It's wide to maine that Greg was a committed partner, a committed father, and a overmuch loved son, and the tragic and unfathomable nonaccomplishment which you person suffered I americium definite volition stay with you passim the remainder of your lives.

"But it's important that you retrieve him arsenic a antheral and instrumentality those bully memories guardant with you, which won't regenerate the nonaccomplishment but I anticipation volition supply immoderate reassurance of what you had.

"I bash anticipation that you tin present marque immoderate determination forward. I anticipation it's provided immoderate answers."