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Doctor: Lack Of Chopper Cost Richardson
March 21, 2009Actress Died Wednesday
NEW YORK -- As mourners pay their last respects to Natasha Richardson, questions are being raised over whether a medical helicopter might have been able to save the ailing actress.
Richardson fell and hit her head on a beginner ski slope at a resort in Quebec last Monday. At first, she declined medical treatment; that cost her about two hours. She then had to be driven to two hospitals. Richardson didn't arrive at a specialized hospital in Montreal until about four hours after the second 911 call from her hotel room at the resort, according to a timeline published by Canada's The Globe and Mail newspaper.
Montreal's top head trauma doctor said not being airlifted directly to a trauma center could have cost Richardson crucial moments.
Richardson died Wednesday at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York. The New York City medical examiner's office has ruled her death was an accident.
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