Comments on: Anatomy of “talk and die” syndrome http://blogs.reuters.com/fanfare/2009/03/19/anatomy-of-talk-and-die-syndrome/ Entertainment behind the scenes Wed, 28 Nov 2012 16:28:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Fla_phellow http://blogs.reuters.com/fanfare/2009/03/19/anatomy-of-talk-and-die-syndrome/comment-page-1/#comment-17808 Fla_phellow Sat, 21 Mar 2009 19:55:44 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/fanfare/?p=3045#comment-17808 As a skier who has worn a helmet for the past eight years and skied Snowbird, UT, for the past six years, I needed the helmet this year while tripping sideways, landing on my left side buttock, then slapping the left side of my head on a hard bump. In 59 years of skiing, the hardest bumps from fall have always been on the shallowest slopes from an abrupt collision with a comparatively level surface rather than a long slide on a steeper slope. I'll take the slide any day. Ms. Richardson encountered the combination of a shallow slope, no helmet, and limited access to head trauma care. We'll miss her! As a skier who has worn a helmet for the past eight years and skied Snowbird, UT, for the past six years, I needed the helmet this year while tripping sideways, landing on my left side buttock, then slapping the left side of my head on a hard bump.
In 59 years of skiing, the hardest bumps from fall have always been on the shallowest slopes from an abrupt collision with a comparatively level surface rather than a long slide on a steeper slope. I’ll take the slide any day.
Ms. Richardson encountered the combination of a shallow slope, no helmet, and limited access to head trauma care. We’ll miss her!

]]> By: Gene Strong http://blogs.reuters.com/fanfare/2009/03/19/anatomy-of-talk-and-die-syndrome/comment-page-1/#comment-17776 Gene Strong Fri, 20 Mar 2009 17:56:35 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/fanfare/?p=3045#comment-17776 If we listened to the "do-gooders" we would be wearing helments during all waking hours and strap ourselves into our beds while sleeping. If we listened to the “do-gooders” we would be wearing
helments during all waking hours and strap ourselves into
our beds while sleeping.

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