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Permalink Reply by pdxracefan on
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Not until just now. That's really too bad.
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Former German Formula 1 champion Michael Schumacher is in critical condition after skiing accident on Sunday. The health of the former world champion has deteriorated and his prognosis is engaged. "He suffered a severe head injury with coma on arrival, which required immediate neurosurgical intervention," said the Grenoble University Hospital, adding that "it remains in a critical condition." There could be brain damage. His wife and two of his children with him. A further announcement will be sent on Monday at 11am.
The statement is signed by Professor Chabardes, neurosurgeon, Professor Payen, Chief of Anesthesiology pole and Deputy Director General Marc Sheepish hospital. First brought to the hospital in Moutiers (Savoie, eastern France) after his accident occurred in Meribel, Michael Schumacher was transferred to the University Hospital of Grenoble, where he was admitted at 12:40 local (11:40 GMT), said the hospital. The older driver has been dropped and received a blow to the head, while playing on a sector off track with other people. According to German media, he had been in the company of his 14 year old son.
"Fallen on the head"
Sabine Kehm, the manager of the former pilot, explained in a letter written in the afternoon to the agency SID, a subsidiary of sports information in Germany AFP statement that "Michael fell on the head during a skiing holiday of a private nature in the French Alps. was wearing a helmet and was not alone. " After his fall, the former pilot was immediately supported by two rescuers station, then by police station nearby Courchevel ski. With the arrival of relief, "he was conscious but a little restless," had said the director of Méribel, Gernigon Christophe Lecomte. Schumacher was evacuated "in less than ten minutes" on a medical helicopter air rescue of French (SAF), he added.
Many support
In the late afternoon, some fans of the champion came to the emergency entrance of the hospital, wearing hats in the colors of Ferrari, the former stables of the German.
Former French driver Olivier Panis, who rubbed Schumi on circuits from 1994 to 2004, is also coming to the new site. To reporters, the Grenoble pilot expressed his "concern" about the health of his friend.http://www.francetvsport.fr/pronostic-vital-engage-pour-schumacher-...
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Permalink Reply by Xracer on
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Man after all those seasons of racing he went though and his most significant injury might just come from skiing. Sending a prayer his way.
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Permalink Reply by Jaci on
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This morning's update on Schumi:
(Reuters) - Seven-times Formula One world champion Michael Schumacher was fighting for his life on Monday after suffering severe head injuries in a skiing accident in the French Alps resort of Meribel, doctors said.
"We can say that his condition is life-threatening," Jean-Francois Payen, head anaesthetician at the CHU hospital in the eastern French city of Grenoble, told a news conference.
"For the moment we cannot say what Michael Schumacher's future is," he added. "We are working round the clock - we are trying to win time."
The retired motor racing great, 44, slammed his head on a rock while skiing off-piste on Sunday morning in the French Alpine resort where he has a vacation home.
"His helmet did of course protect him at least partly. Someone who had suffered a similar accident without a helmet would not have made it here (to the hospital)," Payen said.
Schumacher was initially conscious as he was transported to a local hospital in Moutiers and then to Grenoble. However, his condition deteriorated sharply afterwards.
Neurosurgeon Stephan Chabardes said an emergency brain scan carried out on Schumacher had revealed internal bleeding and injuries including contusions and lesions. He said they had operated to treat the internal bleeding.
Doctors said Schumacher had been placed in an artificial coma but, contrary to an earlier French media report, said they had not carried out a second operation during the night and were not planning any further interventions at this stage.
A spokesman for German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she was shocked to hear the news.
"We hope that he overcomes his injuries and can recover," the spokesman told a regular briefing in Berlin.
HOPES AND PRAYERS
In Germany, Schumacher's accident topped news bulletins, with the bestselling tabloid newspaper Bild reporting on its website: "Schumi fighting for his life".
Schumacher was under the care of Professor Gerard Saillant, a brain and spinal injury expert who is also president of the International Automobile Federation (FIA) Institute. Saillant told the news conference he was there as "a friend" and gave no further details on his condition.
Bild reporters said Ross Brawn, the Briton who worked with Schumacher at Ferrari and Mercedes as technical director and team principal respectively, had arrived in Grenoble.
Leading names in motor racing reacted with shock on Twitter.
"If anyone can pull through, it's him," said Britain's triple Indy 500 winner Dario Franchitti, who is still walking on crutches after a crash in October that ended his racing career.
"Come on Michael, give us one of those race stints at pure qualifying pace to win through, like you used to. You can do it," said Schumacher's former Benetton team mate Martin Brundle.
Former Ferrari team mate Felipe Massa, who suffered a near fatal head injury at the 2009 Hungarian Grand Prix, said he was praying for his friend.
Schumacher is the most successful Formula One driver of all time with a record 91 race victories in a career spanning more than two decades.
He won his first two titles with Benetton in 1994, the year when Brazilian triple champion Ayrton Senna died in a crash at the San Marino Grand Prix, and 1995.
The German then took five in a row with Ferrari between 2000 and 2004 in what now seems a golden age for the Italian team who named a square after him at their Fiorano test track.Schumacher left the sport last year after a less successful three-year comeback with Mercedes following an earlier retirement from Ferrari at the end of 2006. He lives in Switzerland with his wife and two children.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/12/30/uk-schumacher-accident-idU...
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Update from Autoweek 1/30/14:
Michael Schumacher has "blinked" and is "responding to simple instructions," according to a published report in France.
Those are the latest unofficial developments to emerge from the Grenoble, France hospital, after the seven-time Formula One champion's manager confirmed reports doctors are attempting to ease Schumacher out of his month-long coma.
France's L'Equipe, having broken the news about the awakening process, now reports on Thursday that Schumacher has "blinked" his eyes as Dr. Emmanuel Gay performed neurological reflex tests.
And Britain's Sky News quoted unnamed sources as saying the former Mercedes and Ferrari driver was "responding to simple instructions."
Schumacher's manager Sabine Kehm, however, told the German news agency DPA that she would not "give information about intermediate steps," having confirmed officially that doctors were trying to wake the 45-year-old.
Schumacher has been in a medically induced coma since Dec. 29. That day, he was involved in a skiing accident in the French Alps.
Read more: http://www.autoweek.com/article/20140130/f1/140139969#ixzz2s018luH0
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Update from Racer.com 1/31/14:
Michael Schumacher's doctors have begun to reduce the seven-time Formula 1 world champion's sedation to begin what they describe as "the waking up process."
Schumacher has been in a coma in a Grenoble hospital since suffering head injuries in a skiing accident on Dec. 29. His management issued a statement on Thursday announcing that steps toward him waking him from the coma had begun, but that the process could be long.
"Michael's sedation is being reduced in order to allow the start of the waking up process which may take a long time," it read. "For the protection of the family, it was originally agreed by the interested parties to communicate this information only once this process was consolidated."
Schumacher's management have repeatedly underlined in recent weeks that only information released by them or the hospital should be treated as accurate, amid a global clamor for more news about the injured German. In Thursday's statement, they reiterated this request while also thanking fans and the F1 community for their support.
"The family of Michael Schumacher is again requesting to respect its privacy and the medical secrets, and to not disturb the doctors treating Michael in their work. At the same time, the family wishes to express sincere appreciation for the worldwide sympathy."
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