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NEWS ABOUT: head trauma

head trauma stories: 6 news summaries

(Newser) - A Phoenix gun-safety advocate accidentally shot himself in the head yesterday while demonstrating gun safety, the Arizona Daily Star reports. The man was explaining to two others the necessity of keeping guns unloaded in the house. To demonstrate, he placed his own gun—which he thought was unloaded—to... More »

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Arizona • Phoenix • firearms • handgun • gunshot wounds • head trauma • gun safety • loaded gun • pistol

(Newser) - Doctors in Quebec, where Natasha Richardson took her fatal ski-slope tumble, have been arguing since the 1990s for emergency air transport that might have saved her life, CNN reports. Care was delayed not only by the slow manifestation of symptoms from the epidural hematoma she suffered, but also by the... More »

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Canada • helicopter • Quebec • skiing • Montreal • medical evacuation • ski accidents • Natasha Richardson • head trauma • epidural hematoma

Richardson Tragedy Helps Save 7-Year-Old's Life

Parents take 7-year-old in after seeing story on CNN

Mar 26, 09 12:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - The tragic death of actress Natasha Richardson from an epidural hematoma has raised awareness of the dangers of seemingly minor head injuries, and helped save the life of a 7-year-old Ohio girl, CNN reports. Morgan McCracken was hit by a baseball while playing with her father, but seemed OK. “... More »

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surgery • trauma • head injuries • Natasha Richardson • head trauma • hematoma • epidural hematoma


 Redgrave Sang Lullaby 
 to Dying Daughter 

Legend sang Edelweiss for daughter

Mar 21, 09 5:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - Vanessa Redgrave serenaded Natasha Richardson with a lullaby from The Sound of the Music in her final moments, the Daily Mail reports. Redgrave caressed her daughter’s face as she sang the melody from "Edelweiss," which she had performed for Richardson’s first marriage 19 years ago. More »

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Liam Neeson • ski accidents • Natasha Richardson • Vanessa Redgrave • head trauma

(Newser) - Family and friends assembled in New York today for the wake of Natasha Richardson, the AP reports; husband Liam Neeson, their sons, and mother Vanessa Redgrave were among them. “It’s been a very, very sad few days and I think it will stay that way,” said family... More »

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New York City • Canada • hospital • accidental death • skiing • Montreal • Liam Neeson • wake • Natasha Richardson • head trauma

Ambulance Was Turned Away After Richardson Accident

When ambulance was called again, actress 'wasn't in good shape'

Mar 19, 09 8:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Potentially life-saving paramedics were turned away before they could examine Natasha Richardson after the Canadian ski accident that claimed her life, reports the Globe and Mail. Ski patrollers had requested an ambulance after the actress stuck her head in a fall on a beginners slope at Mont Tremblant in Quebec,... More »

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Canada • skiing • actor • Liam Neeson • ambulance • ski accidents • Natasha Richardson • head trauma

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