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Michael Schumacher in critical condition

Orphia Nay said:
I note: "Schumacher was wearing a helmet when he fell and hit his head against a rock, Meribel resort director Christophe Gernignon-Lecomte said earlier."
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As any F1 driver can tell you; "a helmet don't do much good if'n your seat belt ain't fastened."

Or maybe that's NASCAR. :confused:
 
I posted on the F1 thread.

I've followed Schumi's career from before he had a drive for Jordan - when he was driving for Merc junior team. I may have called him a Teutonic twat on occasion, but I will always admire his talent. I hope for his recovery.
 
My favourite racing driver.

Reading Murray Walkers autobiography, he said he is a machine. Driving at 250 plus k and pointing out probs.
 
I've always enjoyed watching Michael in F-1. I always thought he was the best driver on the track in his hayday. I hope he recovers and has no ill effects from this terrible accident
 
I am no doctor by any stretch of the imagination but any mention of the word coma without "induced" always freaks me out.
 
I've seen mutterings that say his coma was induced, but not from any reputable news outlets. :( I'm hoping those mutterings are right.
 
The press conference confirmed his critical condition and that he's fighting for his life, the doctors cannot predict the outcome and are working hour by hour. They said that the helmet saved his life in the accident, that he would not have survived at all without it. His family are by his bedside. See the short piece of video at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25545993

He was in an agitated state on admission to hospital, suggesting brain injury, and he was put into an induced coma. Some reports say he underwent a second operation to relieve pressure in the brain, but that seems to have been denied in the press conference this morning.
 
It happens so easily. The tenor Fritz Wunderlich was killed by an even more senseless accident. He was keen on hunting, and was staying with a friend in the friend's hunting lodge somewhere in a forest in Germany. When going down to breakfast one morning he tripped and fell on a stone staircase. He hit his head, and died shortly afterwards. He was only 35.

At least Schumacher was wearing a helmet, which Wunderlich of course wasn't. There's still hope.

Rolfe.
 
No new scheduled statements from the hospital have been announced. We just have to wait and see.

I'm keeping the numbness at bay by reading the well-wishes of others at Atlas(Autosport) and keeping Richard Hammond's successful recovery in mind.
 
They're now saying that his helmet was cracked open, and they estimate that he was doing something around 50mph at the time of the accident (which is extremely fast for recreational skiing). There's also been photos and video in the media of the apparent area in which he was skiing. It's absolutely littered with rocks and outcrops.

It goes without saying that I wish him well, and wish for a full recovery (as I would for anyone - famous or not - who received such injuries). But I also have the opinion that an experienced and highly competent skier (as he was), who elected to ski at such apparent speed through such dangerous terrain, is electing to take a significant risk with his wellbeing (and his life). If he didn't want to put his life and health in anywhere near as much potential danger, he should have been skiing slower, or skiing fast on prepared slopes. It was his decision to make.

The hospital press conference going on right now seems broadly positive, in that the bleed and swelling seems to be under control. It will still be near-impossible, however, to know the true nature of the insult to his brain until and unless he is brought out of artificial coma. There seems to be a suggestion that the brain was a) physically torn and contused, and b) subjected to such subdural pressure that there's a real possibility of ischaemia (damage from insufficient supply of oxygenated blood). Only time will tell......
 
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