<p>Such a sad story, I will never be able to watch Parent Trap again.</p>
<p>Which did you prefer, b&p, the original Hayley Mills version of Parent Trap, or the remake??</p>
<p>Another hypothesis being postulated amongst my colleagues is that perhaps Natasha had an undiagnosed AV malformation (thats a malformation of blood vessels in the brain that typically shows few or, more commonly no signs or symptoms til the wall of the vessel gets thinner and thinner, balloons out and ultimately ruptures). Anyway, if one had an a/v malformation, its possible that a blunt force injury to the head could cause the rupture, or, conversely, it could have ruptured and then she fell.</p>
<p>The resort said that the Ski Patrol escorted her down, and that an ambulance was called but ultimately waived off. They said that was a matter of routine protocol. Unless thats protocol for celebrities, it sounds unusual. Unless she was really injured, its not common to need an escort off the mountain and have an ambulance waiting, unless the ski patrol assessed her at the time she fell and was concerned based on her symptoms (ie, vision disturbances, neurological soft or hard signs, did she have unilateral numbness, weakness or something that suggested a stroke/bleed of some sort, etc). Plenty of people fall all the time and get right up, without need for ski patrol being called. So, something out of the ordinary must have happened on the slope to get that level of response. </p>
<p>When my s broke his femur, he thought he’d merely sprained his knee. Based on the description of the symptoms and the initial assessment of the type and location of his pain (there was no compound fracture- no bones were protruding from his skin or ski clothing) but the ski patrol accurately predicted what kind of break he had, stabilized it approriately arranged transport to the local hospital, with appropriate predicition of what surgery he would need, transfer to a hospital that had the appropriate surgical equipment, etc. So I strongly suspect (ski patrol has excellent medical training-- they know what they are doing) that they were concerned about her signs and symptoms, but she felt ok and ultimately waived them off, electing not to take the ambulance to the hospital. Such a tragedy.</p>
<p>I find the original Parent Trap pretty unwatchable. I like the second one, but maybe that’s because my then pre-teen daughters were obsessed with it.
This all makes me very sad.</p>
<p>The first time I tried skiing in the late 1980s, the resort required all novices to take an hour-long “class” with the house expert. After the warm up, I stuck to the small section, which I guess is what is being called the Bunny Slope. It was great fun to me, but I eventually took a VERY hard fall. Fortunately all that was injured was my pride. But I learned that even at the kiddie area of the slopes you could possibly really hurt yourself.</p>
<p>According to a news report, an autopsy is now being performed, and results should be made known later today. I am very sorry for Natasha’s family and friends. A terrible blow.</p>
<p>For people that know me IRL, they know that I already have klutziness in body & thinking issues.
I am always bumping something cause I can’t tell where my body is in space, or making mistakes with faces like mixing up Natasha Richardson and Emma Thompson.</p>
<p>Then a couple weeks ago, I got a concussion " getting into a car" So this was especially scary, because you do feel Ok right away. A little stunned, but no bleeding and you don’t want anyone to make a fuss. It was only when my head didn’t feel better as I expected but started to really, really hurt later, that I thought maybe I should be looked at. ( it was the weekend of course). </p>
<p>I ended up walking to the hospital at 10pm cause I didn’t feel safe to drive and H was mad I didn’t say I wanted to go in earlier.
( it takes so looong at the hospital- but being pushed around in the wheelchair was kinda fun) It didn’t help my brain any though :(</p>
<p>I don’t want to make light of Ms Richardsons death, it is very sad & I wish the best for her family and friends.</p>
<p>I liked how one of her social circle described her as upper crust and crusty at the same time. The English pull that off very well don’t you think?</p>
<p>It also shows how even with money, talent and beauty, most of us don’t have a lot of control over when/how we die, but we can have control over how we live.</p>
<p>Rest at peace.</p>
<p>On Good Morning America this morning, a physician was discussing head injuries, and stated that falling straight back on the back of your head, or falling straight down on your face ( 
) was much less likely to cause a brain injury than getting hit from the side. The side hit causes your brain to rotate somewhat and cause the brain injury.</p>
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<p>This is such a sad event and I, like others, do feel more struck by it than with other events – maybe the randomness, the mother factor - not sure. I do think it will raise awareness on the helmet issue. This morning, I e-mailed my son, an avid snowboarder whom I strongly suspected was not wearing a helmet when he snowboards and said, “have you followed this? I hope you’re wearing a helmet.” He wrote back and said, “Yes, I’ve followed it and I would wear one but I hate the one I have for a few reasons.” Even though he’s completely financially independent and I know just bought new snow gear, I told him “if you’ll wear it, I will buy it.” So it looks like we have a deal, and the peace of mind is more than worth the price of the helmet for me. I have to imagine that if his awareness was raised to this extent, that it’s happening for other people as well.</p>
<p>son rents his ski equiptment…but owns his helmet (merry xmas) :).</p>
<p>This sad event also oddly hits me hard. For me it’s the mom factor. It’s somewhat what I felt when Princess Di died and wasn’t able to raise her boys. My biggest fear was always not being able to raise my kids. I feel so bad for the kids.</p>
<p>This is so sad considering I recently went skiing over spring break. The sad part is that my family and I frequently go to that resort, this year we decided to meet some friends halfway so we went to Vail, and I had an exact picture of where they might have taken her for her beginners lesson. The really sad part about this is that my dad never wears a helmet but i always do. From now on i will seriously make it my responsibility to make sure he does. all i know is that i will never watch the parent trap again.</p>
<p>My son snowboards, and wearing a helmet has been a rule that cannot be broken. When he hit high school, he began to argue about it. We flat-out told him no helmet, no snowboarding. That winter, a boy about his age died from a head injury on the same local ski hill my S frequents. He had been doing a backflip (forbidden, by the way, at the ski hill) without a helmet, so S just figured the backflip was the problem The following winter another young man died of a head injury at an area ski hill. This kid just caught an edge and fell. This one hit home - my S thanked us for making him wear a helmet. </p>
<p>We make sure he has a helmet he likes - which means a new one even if the old one still fits. As he gets older, “cool” changes. This year, we got him a helmet with earphones. I’m not sure how much he actually listens while he boards, but the helmet is the envy of his friends. We consider it worth the money - but this one was actually very affordable.</p>
<p>I know that we never wore helmets skiing back in the day (H & I do now).</p>
<p>I feel so bad for Ms. Richardson and her family. Hopefully, the publicity surrounding her death will save someone else’s family member.</p>
<p>The preliminary autopsy report said she had an epidural hematoma from a blunt force injury. Just the other day they were insisting she didnt hit her head. Sounds like she surely must have hit her head on the slope, as typically rotational injuries/tears occur if one didnt hit their head, but epidural and subdural hematomas are more likely if one did hit their head. Still equally sad, but just confusing due to conflicting reports. WEAR A HELMET. PLEASE. </p>
<p>By the way, after my H did finally buy a helmet, I happened to stop into a Peter Glenn Ski store the other day when I was at an art/crafts show, as the Peter Glenn store had my favorite 4 letter word displayed-- SALE. They had… wait for it… ski helmets that were bluetooth enabled! :eek: That seems like it would be too distracting, and could cause a person to pay less attention and risk hitting someone or something. Not such a great innovaion, IMO.</p>
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<p>Liam Neeson, other members of the family and dozens of friends joined fans in honoring Natasha Richardson on Broadway as the theatres dimmed their lights. Long a part of the theatre community, this is where they met and where they lived. I hope that all of them found some comfort.</p>
<p>The first reports I heard was that she took a simple tumble, but last night, I read that an ambulance had been called to the scene. Sadly, the paramedics were turned away because Ms. Richardson said she felt perfectly fine. People fall on the slopes all the time, and particularly on the beginners’ hill. Now that the report is calling it blunt force injury, I think the fall might have looked worse than first reported since an ambulance was called. It’s so sad, regardless, especially knowing that she has two young sons.</p>
<p>Just a couple of weeks ago, I saw on our local news that a 12 year old girl from VA Beach died after being airlifted to UVA from an accident she had while skiing at Snowshoe, WV. She was there with her family for spring break. It’s just heartbreaking.</p>
<p>So sad. I have pushed my family to wear helmets. The younger 2 have worn them since they first began skiing. They all have switched to boarding. My H started wearing a helmet about 5 yrs ago. My 19 yr old has begun to grumble about the helmet. I can’t control what he does when he snowboards without us but as long as we are paying he must wear a helmet. My 14 yr old is so used to wearing a helmet for biking with her school and for horseback riding that she often doesn’t take the helmet off when she gets off.
I have gotten weak when it comes to a helmet while skateboarding. This is a reminder to me that I have to take that battle back up.
One of the most frustrating things I see on a daily basis is the kid out biking, scootering or skateboarding with the helmet on but not strapped or the helmet hanging on the handlebars. Mom and Dad think the child is out with helmet and the kid is not following through. I have called a couple of parents who I know would want to know.</p>
<p>mom60- I agree about the helmets being worn incorrectly, or with straps hanging down.</p>
<p>As I have reported here before my D’s best friend suffered a severe head injury a year ago while biking with no helmet. When I am out driving her around I feel like stopping the car sometimes and telling people who aren’t wearing them, or wearing them improperly “Look at this beautiful girl who’s entire life has been changed by a bad decision and bad luck”.</p>
<p>Kelsmom, is it safe to be listening while skiing? I’ve never down any of those activities but I wonder if the sense of hearing is important in terms of knowing what’s going on around you.</p>
<p>Lack of medical helicopters in the province of Quebec may play a role in her death.</p>
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<p>For those of you who profusely praise the Canadian medical system, take note. Can’t believe there isn’t any medical air evacuation in Quebec.</p>
<p>Please keep the political posts to the political forums. The political forums are set up as the political threads were driving some people away from CC. Personally I avoid them like the plague.It would be nice to not have this tragedy be used by people to push their political viewpoints.</p>