一位加利福尼亚的丈夫和父亲大声疾呼，提高人们对一个严重的妊娠并发症他的妻子在生下第一个孩子后去世了。
34岁的马修·奥库拉告诉“早安美国”他已故的妻子Hailey Marie Okula于3月29日去世，享年33岁，她是一名急诊室护士，也是“RN新毕业生”在线护士平台背后的受欢迎的影响者。
奥库拉是洛杉矶消防局的一名消防员，他说他妻子的死亡发生在大约三天的分娩后，她在加州喷泉谷的海洋海岸医疗中心接受了剖腹产手术。
奥库拉说，这对夫妇的儿子名叫克鲁，出生时很健康，体重刚刚超过9磅。
奥库拉说，当他出生后陪在新生儿身边时，他得知他“非常健康”的妻子的病情恶化了。
“一分钟后，医生简短地进来，告诉我她的氧气水平下降了。他们正在努力让他们站起来，”他回忆道。“我是一名消防员。我已经当了10多年的医生，并没有真正担心过，因为她在医院里，非常健康。”
奥库拉说，医生对他的妻子进行了心肺复苏术手术，并迅速将她送往重症监护室，他说在那里他被告知她死于禽流感羊水栓塞这是一种妊娠并发症，最终导致她的大脑无法获得足够的氧气。
当《GMA》采访时，奥兰治海岸医疗中心的发言人以隐私为由拒绝对海利·奥库拉的死亡发表具体评论。
这位发言人在一份声明中说:“虽然隐私限制使我们无法对此事发表评论，但我们知道这个故事，并加入公众对这个家庭的哀悼和支持。”。
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马修·奥库拉说，他被妻子的意外突然死亡“摧毁”，但他公开和广泛地分享她的故事，以传播羊水栓塞的消息，这是一种并发症，他说他不知道。
根据StatPearls发表在美国国家医学图书馆的在线图书馆中，当婴儿周围的液体进入母亲的血液时，就会发生羊水栓塞。这在母亲体内引发了严重的反应，可能导致血管堵塞，从而导致心脏突然停止跳动、呼吸问题、脑损伤或肾衰竭。
羊水栓塞的症状包括呼吸急促、血压突然下降、肺部积液、心率异常、子宫出血、剖腹产切口或静脉注射部位、焦虑、精神错乱或焦虑。羊水栓塞的风险也会随着引产或母亲已有心脏病或脑血管疾病而增加。
根据StatPearls，估计羊水栓塞影响100，000次分娩中的2.2至7.7次，占美国孕产妇死亡的约7.5%。
奥库拉说，他计划告诉他的儿子克鲁，他的母亲是一个多么“了不起”的人，以及她对这个世界的“巨大”影响。
海莉·奥库拉的“注册护士新毕业生”Instagram拥有近50万名粉丝4月2日邮报关于她的去世，超过10，000名粉丝留言表示哀悼。
“我只是希望这件事能有所收获，”奥库拉说。
“我认为许多怀孕的妈妈不知道这件事，”他补充道。"这是一件可能发生在任何人身上的致命的事情。"
Husband speaks out after wife dies from serious complication in childbirth
A California husband and father is speaking out and raising awareness about a seriouspregnancy complicationafter his wife died after giving birth to their first child.
Matthew Okula, 34, told"Good Morning America"that his late wife Hailey Marie Okula, who was an emergency room nurse and a popular influencer behind the "RN New Grads" online platform for nurses, died on March 29 at the age of 33.
Okula, a firefighter for the Los Angeles Fire Department, said his wife's death occurred after about three days of laboring and after she underwent a Cesarean section at Ocean Coast Medical Center in Fountain Valley, California.
The couple's son, named Crew, was born healthy, weighing just over 9 pounds, Okula said.
While he was spending time at their newborn's side after his birth, Okula said he learned his "very healthy" wife's condition had deteriorated.
"A minute later, the doctor comes in briefly, tells me her oxygen levels has dropped. They're working on getting them up," he recalled. "I'm a fireman. I've been a medic for over 10 years and didn't really worry about it because she's in the hospital, very healthy."
Okula said doctors performed CPR on his wife and rushed her to the intensive care unit, where he said he was told she died of anamniotic fluid embolism, a pregnancy complication that ultimately prevented her brain from receiving enough oxygen.
When reached for comment by "GMA," a spokesperson for Orange Coast Medical Center declined to comment specifically on Hailey Okula's death, citing privacy.
"While privacy restrictions prevent us from commenting in this instance, we are aware of the story and join in the public outpouring of condolences and support for the family," the spokesperson said in a statement.
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Matthew Okula said he is "destroyed" by his wife's unexpected and sudden death, but he is sharing her story publicly and widely to spread the word about amniotic fluid embolism, a complication he said he didn't know about.
According toStatPearls, an online library published in the National Library of Medicine, an amniotic fluid embolism happens when the fluid surrounding the baby gets into the mother’s bloodstream. This triggers a severe reaction in the mother's body that can cause blockages in the blood vessels, which can lead to the heart suddenly stopping, breathing problems, brain damage or kidney failure.
Symptoms of an amniotic fluid embolism include shortness of breath, a sudden drop in blood pressure, fluid in the lungs, an abnormal heart rate, bleeding from the uterus, C-section incision or an IV site, agitation, confusion or anxiety. The risk for an amniotic fluid embolism can also increase with labor induction or if a mother has a pre-existing cardiac disease or a cerebrovascular disorder.
According to StatPearls, amniotic fluid embolisms are estimated to affect 2.2 to 7.7 of 100,000 deliveries, contributing to about 7.5% of maternal deaths in the United States.
Okula said he plans on telling his son Crew what an "amazing" person his mother was and the "massive" impact she had on the world.
Hailey Okula's "RN New Grads" Instagram boasted nearly 500,000 followers -- and in anApril 2 postabout her death, over 10,000 followers left messages of condolences.
"I just hope that something can come from this," Okula said.
"I think many pregnant moms don't know about it," he added. "It's such a fatal thing that could happen to anyone."
