Autopsy Showed Natasha Richardson Died from Bleeding in Brain

An autopsy yielded the cause of death for the beloved Natasha Richardson and it was bleeding in her skull caused by the falls she had on a ski slope. The medical examiner ruled her death as “an accident” and doctors have said she might have survived had she received immediate treatment. But unfortunately, nearly four hours had elapsed between her lethal fall and her admission to a hospital thus making her condition irreversible.

The medical report stated that she suffered an epidural hematoma which results in bleeding between the skull and the brain’s covering. This bleeding is preceded by a skull fracture and can easily produce a blood clot which puts pressure on the brain and that pressure can force the grey matter downwards that injures the brain stem, the part of the brain that causes many autonomic functions such as breathing and the heart. Patients suffering such an injury would feel fine immediately after the incident because the bleeding takes time to emerge. It was also learned that this is a very treatable condition if one is aware of the problem and the injured individual receives immediate medical condition, but there is only a small window of time to correct this injury.

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Autopsy Showed Natasha Richardson Died from Bleeding in Brain

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