Natasha Richardson Seriously Injured in Ski Accident

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<p>I was very sad to see that Natasha Richardson had a skiing accident in Quebec. She has sustained a head injury, and was transported to a hospital in Montreal in serious condition.</p>

<p>This issue is very close to my heart, as a year ago my D’s best friend was hit by a bus whiile riding a bike and suffered a severe head injury. (No helmet!) She was in a coma for 5 months, but is miraculously recovering abilities the Dr’s never thought she would.</p>

<p>March is head injury awareness month. Please wear a helmet when you ride a bike, ski, skateboard or ride a horse. It drives me nuts to see parents not wearing a helmet when out on thier bikes, with their kids next to them and the kids have to wear a helmet.</p>

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<p>AMEN to that anothermom. Isn’t that just that the truth with parents not wearing their helmets!</p>

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<p>Just last week, a University of Washington lecturer died of head injuries. She was riding her bike and collided with a Prius. When I heard that she was taken to a hospital with severe head injuries, my first though was that she was not wearing a helmet. That turned out to be the case. So sad. Please wear your helmet!</p>

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<p>Helmets always and don’t forget while horseback riding. My DD always wears her helmet and it is a rule at her barn. Last week some friends came to ride and didn’t even own helmets. Had to borrow hers and didn’t even know how to put them on!</p>

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<p>We were in New Zealand recently and everyone has to wear a helmet on bikes or on horses. </p>

<p>I know there are many people who feel like there are too many laws already, but helmets save lives every day.</p>

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<p>Two awful incidents in a two months.</p>

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<p>I think people also forget just how dangerous skiing can be. You think of broken legs and knee injuries, but not heads.</p>

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<p>In the past three weeks here in Ontario, two high school students and also a 45 year old man have died in skiing accidents. One of the h/s kids and the man were both wearing helmets. I’m an advocate of helmets but when you’re downhill skiing, lose control and crash into a tree, a helmet is not always going to save you. This does not sound like what happened to Ms. Richardson. She apparently was taking a lesson on a beginner’s run and fell but didn’t appear to have any injury. She returned to her hotel room and later began to feel ill, and was taken to the local hospital. She was then transferred to a hospital in Montreal, which isn’t a good sign. I am hopeful that her injuries are not as bad as some media reports have indicated.</p>

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<p>I went to a viewing last night of the husband of a friend/father of one of my daughter’s classmates. Horrible.

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<p>College campuses seem to be the biggest offenders. One thing that always struck me when visiting Stanford was the huge amount of bikers on campus – and not a helmet to be seen in the crowd. And there are constant biking accidents there. I just don’t get it. I know it’s a hassle to carry a helmet and put it on and off between classes but it just seems like common sense.</p>

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<p>She is apparently being transferred to NY right now.
Looks like she is in a coma, either spontaneus or drug induced.</p>

<p>Wear helmets!</p>

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<p>The AP is reporting the Ms. Richardson is brain dead. I hope that isn’t true.</p>

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<p>Well, I have just read that she has died…
Maybe she is being transferred to NY so the family can say their goodbyes…</p>

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<p>Where are you seeing and hearing that she is dead/brain dead?</p>

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<p>It’s in the NY Post that she’s brain dead, but they’re not the most reliable source of news on the planet: [ACTRESS</a> NATASHA RICHARDSON IS BRAIN DEAD AFTER SKI ACCIDENT](<a href=“NATASHA RICHARDSON IS BRAIN DEAD”>NATASHA RICHARDSON IS BRAIN DEAD)</p>

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<p>I also just heard on our Georgia news that she is brain dead.</p>

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<p>I just heard it in the car on CBS news, that she is brain dead also:( what an awful thing to happen when it seems like it really was just a freaky type of accident. I didn’t know she was married to Liam Neeson, one of my truly fave Irish actors.</p>

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<p>that sounds like something I would do
( in fact I just got a concussion a couple weeks ago… getting into a car)
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<p>Papengena- I assume you saw Love Actually? they starred in that together.
Oops nope you are right- I have been having abrain fog lately- </p>

<p>The fall that actress Natasha Richardson took on a Quebec ski hill could have caused one of several brain injuries, say doctors who deal with the all too common head trauma.
After suffering what was reported as a minor fall on a beginners’ hill at the Mount Tremblant ski resort on Monday, Richardson seemed to be fine. But about an hour later in her hotel room, she complained of feeling unwell and was taken to hospital.
Little was known Tuesday about her condition, which has been described in various unconfirmed reports as anywhere from minor to life-threatening.
However, doctors not involved in her case but experienced with head injuries say her reported symptoms are consistent with a blood clot in or around the brain, which can occur when a blow to the head or neck causes one or more blood vessels to rupture.
“There are at least two major conditions that can happen after a head injury,” said Dr. Charles Tator, a neurosurgeon at Toronto Western Hospital. “One is the development of a blood clot. And the blood clot could form inside the brain tissue itself or between the skull and the brain.”</p>

<p>That really sounds like a freak accident- considering it was on a beginner hill and she was having a lesson.
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<p>I thought that was Emma Thompson, although I always thought the two looked very much alike.</p>

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<p>I have actually heard of this happening before. A man hit his head on a car door and shook it off, said he was fine, and was dead an hour later. It’s just one of those weird things…and one reason why all head ‘bumps’ should be taken seriously. I hate to hear of a kid with a concussion being sent back onto the field or whatever.</p>