Natasha Richardson 911 Calls Released

1. i guess this will never end.

Posted at 12:36PM on Mar 30th 2009 by tuna marie

2. Why would I want to hear that. It is depressing enough that it is Monday.

Posted at 12:38PM on Mar 30th 2009 by Kelli

3. Depressing - but video beautifully done.

Posted at 1:13PM on Mar 30th 2009 by marilyn

4. Very sad. It just goes to show that no head injury should be dismissed as 'minor', as Ms. Richardson appears to have done. Not wanting to bother people, or minimizing your trauma, can lead to tragedy. The decision to seek medical help - which apparently was right next door to her hotel (plus the ambulance that was sent back to its station) - should not have been made by her, but by those around her. The trouble is, if someone appears to be fine, as she appeared, it's hard to say "sorry, you're going for that brain scan and/or x-ray, like it or not". The two-hour or more delay may have made the difference in living and dying in this case.

Posted at 1:19PM on Mar 30th 2009 by Observer

5. Why is this being released?
Why is this not private? I am not going to listen to that!
We get it. It took too long. Natasha was a typical Mom/Woman. She didn't know she was so badly hurt. She took her lump and was moving on. We all do it. People know what happened, and unfortunately, why. There is no mystery.
This is just dragging out the sadness....
Feature the upbeat story about the little girl whose life was SAVED due to the awareness brought to head injuries, no matter how minor they seem, by losing Natasha....

Posted at 1:28PM on Mar 30th 2009 by KGBmomma

6. Not known if there was a CT scanner available at first hospital Ms. Richardson was taken to. No neurosurgeon available in first hospital. Second hospital she was taken to after her condition deteriorated - would have taken 30 minutes by helicopter but no helicopter available; took one hour by ambulance. If her injury had happened in the US, very high probability she would be alive and perfectly fine. May God bless Ms. Richardson and her family.
We do NOT want socialist medicine in the USA!

-A Fan

Posted at 1:31PM on Mar 30th 2009 by No to Socialistic Medicine

7. TMZ STOP IT!! LET THIS WOMAN REST IN PEACE.

YOU GUYS BEAT THE HELL OUT OF A DEAD HORSE!

Posted at 1:37PM on Mar 30th 2009 by LET IT REST WILL YA!

8. very sad video---but it was done nicely with respect to the friends and family of Natasha

Posted at 1:53PM on Mar 30th 2009 by shucks

9. There should be a way to convey age-related medical needs without stating the patient's specific age. Like it or not, there is serious ageism in the world, especially towards women, and paramedics are likely to act faster for someone younger. This is not to suggest paramedics delayed care at all. This is only generally speaking.

Everyone would like to believe medical professionals act with total objectivity towards each and every patient, but study after study shows doctors are prejudiced for/against patients depending on their personal views. It is naive and dangerous to believe doctors behave with objectivity although certainly that is the ideal and the expectation.

Look at how the medic refers to it being a media story. That is code for "take extra care, we are being watched." There is no reason to state it is a media story - he only had to say it involved a ski accident. There is extra care taken when the cameras are on. The care should be the same with or without cameras, but it isn't. This is a universal thing, not a Canadian thing. Canadians actually seem to be more responsible and humane than most.

Posted at 2:24PM on Mar 30th 2009 by Unpleasant truths better acknowledged than denied

10. A very beautiful video. Thanks for sharing TMZ.

Posted at 1:59PM on Mar 30th 2009 by Melissa

11. This video is very important and serves as an educational tool for everyone watching it including the personnel at the Ski Resort. If every reader understands the timing and all the details, they might end up by saving "A LIfe" one day. Thank you TMZ for creating awareness about dealing with emergencies.

Posted at 2:05PM on Mar 30th 2009 by SB

12. The education everyone should receive from this is don't go to Canada and if you do, you better hope you found the right God to pray that you don't require any serious medical attention.

Posted at 2:37PM on Mar 30th 2009 by Ken

13. I hope this video will put an end to disgraceful comments about how the Canadian health-care system was to blame for the untimely death of Ms. Natasha Richardson. Naturally some doctors in the US do not want a universal system, which would show on paper their annual income since they would be paid by the Administration. They would be unable to hide some of their income and therefore avoid paying taxes. An American friend told me that a survey shows that 75 % of doctors complain of not being always paid in full by patients unable to pay. These doctors would get paid in full if a system similar to the Canadian was put in effect. And stop using terms like "socialized medicine" which in the US scare people. I don't understand how something that can be good for you can scare you. Only the big rich doctors would suffer by losing their tricks of hiding their true income.

Posted at 2:40PM on Mar 30th 2009 by Chantal Bisso

14. What a respectful, decent, honorable homage to Natasha Richardson. I have never seen anything produced here in this country that comes even remotely close to what this Canadan film production crew achieved. It was simply beautiful.

Thanks TMZ for sharing!

Posted at 2:47PM on Mar 30th 2009 by Deanie

15. Ageism? She was listed as 41 - that's pretty young. Generally speaking, I don't think anyone is going to think that it's not so urgent since the woman who is hurt is over 30. I can't believe that anyone made that sort of comment.

Natasha's experience is going to save lives. It's tragic that she had to go, but I know that people who have experienced the same sort of seemingly minor injury will take it more seriously because they will remember what happened to Natasha. That's already happened. I saw a little girl on the news who credits what happened to Natasha when discussing how she got medical attention after she hit her head.

I thought the video was moving. Thanks for posting it.

God Bless Natasha.

Posted at 2:47PM on Mar 30th 2009 by God Bless