Michael Schumacher in coma
- Thread starter assari
- Start date
nightwanker
Proud first owner of FreeOnes Playing Cards
He did wear a helmet.
Otherwise the doctors would not have anything to fight for right now.
I wish a full recovery for Michael Schumacher
tartanterrier
Is somewhere outhere.
If he makes it like that French skier, who had a similar accident and pulled through, then it's good to wear the helmet.But then again if he remains in a vegetative state after the coma, then I think he'd wished he never wore a helmet at all.
I hope he makes a full recovery.
I hope he makes a full recovery.
Vanilla Bear
Bears For Life
Yeah that's quite big news on TV here.
I wish him a full and speedy recovery.
I wish him a full and speedy recovery.
Eric Lindros
#88
I wish him and his family and friends all the best.
It's good he had his helmet on, stupid (even he is a experienced skier) to go off track (if that is the truth.)
It's good he had his helmet on, stupid (even he is a experienced skier) to go off track (if that is the truth.)
I wish him (as everyone who has such an awful accident) a quick and full recovery.
But nevertheless, and regarding the MASSIVE media coverage this gets - let's not forget:
- he was skiing OFF THE TRACK
- he became famous and utterly rich by driving really fast.
This is indeed an achievement and a talent, but it's not like he has invented something useful or did some important scientific research where humankind will profit from in any form.
- he fled germany and moved to switzerland to evade the high german taxes for rich people.
- this accident could have happened to anyone else who is not a celebrity, and people would not care. Yet, the relatives of the non-celebrity victim would have to fight the same struggle as the celebrity for the rest of their life.
But nevertheless, and regarding the MASSIVE media coverage this gets - let's not forget:
- he was skiing OFF THE TRACK
- he became famous and utterly rich by driving really fast.
This is indeed an achievement and a talent, but it's not like he has invented something useful or did some important scientific research where humankind will profit from in any form.
- he fled germany and moved to switzerland to evade the high german taxes for rich people.
- this accident could have happened to anyone else who is not a celebrity, and people would not care. Yet, the relatives of the non-celebrity victim would have to fight the same struggle as the celebrity for the rest of their life.
big f1 fan here, hope he can pull through
Mayhem
Banned
Kind of jaundiced way of looking at it, don'tcha think?
oops
No, he bacame rich and famous by being light years better at something than everyone else. And that something has worldwide appeal and demand.
Good for him. That's between him and the German IRS
Again, very jaundiced. Yes, people do care. They care about the anonymous people in a plane crash, a train derailment, a ship capsizing, etc. But obviously, single accidents of non-famous people don't make the papers. What would you like us to do about this?
Vanilla Bear
Bears For Life
A couple news:
Yesterday was his 45th birthday. Still in coma.
Police confiscated his helmet camera.
He was not skiing way off track. He helped a daughter of a friend to get up again or something. He then got off track doing a turn and hit a rock. He fell on his head. He was not going really fast.
Yesterday was his 45th birthday. Still in coma.
Police confiscated his helmet camera.
He was not skiing way off track. He helped a daughter of a friend to get up again or something. He then got off track doing a turn and hit a rock. He fell on his head. He was not going really fast.
The helmet saved his life. A full and speedy recovery to the Red Baron.
Rey C.
Racing is life... anything else is just waiting.
Sad to hear. But I hope he is able to make progress.
Michael Schumacher 'unlikely' to make FULL recovery after 2-month coma, say brain experts
Schumacher, 45, suffered serious head injuries after falling while skiing in the French Alps, by hitting the right side of his head on a rock.
Doctors operated to remove blood clots from his brain but the healing process has meant the racing driver has remained in an induced coma.
Schumacher's condition has stabilised and last month doctors began reducing sedatives to wake him.
His agent, Sabine Kehm said in an email that "Michael is still in the wake-up phase" and that "this phase can be long."
Dr. Tipu Aziz, professor of neurosurgery at Oxford University who is not connected to Schumacher's care said: "It does not bode well, the fact that he hasn't woken up implies that the injury has been extremely severe and that a full recovery is improbable."
Patients who have had major head injuries are sometimes put in a drug-induced coma to give the brain a chance to heal; a coma reduces the need for blood flow and may help the swelling go down.
Aziz said doctors typically try every few days to bring someone out of a coma.
"If you don't start getting any positive signs, that becomes very worrisome," he said, adding that Schumacher's doctors are probably doing regular brain scans to look for signs of activity - though such signs may be difficult to detect if he is still being sedated.
Other experts said it was premature to make an accurate prognosis.
"About 90 percent of the recovery is made within nine to 12 months, so this is still early days," said Dr. Anthony Strong, an emeritus chair in neurosurgery at King's College London.
"The longer someone is in a coma, the worse their recovery tends to be."
Now that several weeks have passed since the accident, doctors may also have a better idea of how the rest of Schumacher's brain is doing.
"MRI scans can show any secondary deterioration in the brain structure," said Dr. Colin Shieff, a neurosurgeon at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery in London and a trustee for Headway, a British brain injury charity.
He said other parts of Schumacher's brain that weren't directly affected by the accident might now be starting to show worrying signs that may not have been visible before.
Shieff said that if Schumacher does eventually come out of the coma, he probably would face significant disabilities because of the length of time he has already spent comatose.
Michael Schumacher 'unlikely' to make FULL recovery after 2-month coma, say brain experts
Schumacher, 45, suffered serious head injuries after falling while skiing in the French Alps, by hitting the right side of his head on a rock.
Doctors operated to remove blood clots from his brain but the healing process has meant the racing driver has remained in an induced coma.
Schumacher's condition has stabilised and last month doctors began reducing sedatives to wake him.
His agent, Sabine Kehm said in an email that "Michael is still in the wake-up phase" and that "this phase can be long."
Dr. Tipu Aziz, professor of neurosurgery at Oxford University who is not connected to Schumacher's care said: "It does not bode well, the fact that he hasn't woken up implies that the injury has been extremely severe and that a full recovery is improbable."
Patients who have had major head injuries are sometimes put in a drug-induced coma to give the brain a chance to heal; a coma reduces the need for blood flow and may help the swelling go down.
Aziz said doctors typically try every few days to bring someone out of a coma.
"If you don't start getting any positive signs, that becomes very worrisome," he said, adding that Schumacher's doctors are probably doing regular brain scans to look for signs of activity - though such signs may be difficult to detect if he is still being sedated.
Other experts said it was premature to make an accurate prognosis.
"About 90 percent of the recovery is made within nine to 12 months, so this is still early days," said Dr. Anthony Strong, an emeritus chair in neurosurgery at King's College London.
"The longer someone is in a coma, the worse their recovery tends to be."
Now that several weeks have passed since the accident, doctors may also have a better idea of how the rest of Schumacher's brain is doing.
"MRI scans can show any secondary deterioration in the brain structure," said Dr. Colin Shieff, a neurosurgeon at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery in London and a trustee for Headway, a British brain injury charity.
He said other parts of Schumacher's brain that weren't directly affected by the accident might now be starting to show worrying signs that may not have been visible before.
Shieff said that if Schumacher does eventually come out of the coma, he probably would face significant disabilities because of the length of time he has already spent comatose.
Vanilla Bear
Bears For Life
I read today that they gonna name the first turn in Bahrain after him. 
Edit: I found an English source.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...enames-turn-tribute-F1-legend-Schumacher.html
Edit: I found an English source.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...enames-turn-tribute-F1-legend-Schumacher.html
