 Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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This makes less than pleasant viewing. He suffered traumatic head and chest injuries and is currently in intensive care.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Injuries are not thought to be life threatening I understand. Still bad enough in the first place - horrendous 
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rob@rar, according to the news here they are keeping him an artificial coma but they seem more optimistic today. He had severe head and chest injuries according to my local newspaper. The midday press conference from the Innsbruck Hospital said he is no longer in an acute life-threatening state, but will remain in an artificial coma for some days yet.
The swelling in the brain has decreased and they are concentrating on his neurological injuries as the highest priority. A CT scan carried out this morning has shown amongst other injuries he has a series of broken ribs, unspecified leg injuries and contusions on the lung. The 5.5 hour emergency operation last night was to stop bleeding into the brain and to release the pressure due to that and the severe concussion. They are monitoring his neurological functions in case another bleed starts.
That's a summary from the press conference that took place at midday today in the Innsbruck clinic.
I hope he comes out of this as well as Albrecht did. He was kept in an artificial coma for 3 weeks if I remember correctly.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| Samerberg Sue wrote: |
| I hope he comes out of this as well as Albrecht did. |
Yes, and Scott Macartney who also suffered similar injuries on the Streif.
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one thing that is so telling regarding the severity of the impact is the damage to his skis, basically his left ski was only intact just in front and behind the bindings. Fairly horrific, just hope he's getting better.
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The ski was intact, just the binding came off the ski.
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ansta1, Chattonmill, neither. You can see the plate ripping off the ski while the binding didn't release
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i knew it wasnt just his boot unless he has got 380mm boots . Still hell of an impact to rib the bindings out of the skis.
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rob@rar, Scott Macartney has never been the same, that poor guy is permanently damaged....if you remember, his helmet shattered like an eggshell.
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the force required to litterally rip the plate of the ski is massive, he is really lucky to be as well as he is, hope he recovers well and comes back to form, he was only just really back on form after his last major smash 5 years back
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Yeah, remember seeing macartney on that BBC show before last winter Olympics - very sad.
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