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You arrive on the scene of a home birth to find a vigorous infant who is crying and in NO distress, and his 35-year-old mother, who experienced a sudden onset of sharp, localized chest pain, and shortness of breath. Her skin is mottled and cool, she is in severe respiratory distress, hypotensive, and tachycardic. With which condition is the mother's signs and symptoms MOST consistent
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