Champion freestyle skier Sarah Burke remains in critical condition after sustaining an injury during a routine training practice. A press conference will be held on Monday, January 16th. We’ll have more details tomorrow related to the press conference.
For Immediate Release
January 13, 2012 – Canadian freestyle skier Sarah Burke remains at the University of Utah Hospital in critical condition. She is under close monitoring by a multidisciplinary team coordinated by neurointensivist Safdar Ansari, M.D.
“Sarah remains in critical condition in the Neuro Critical Care Unit”, said Ansari. “With traumatic brain injury, our care is focused on addressing the primary injury and preventing secondary brain damage, as well as managing other injuries sustained at the time of the accident; all of which requires close monitoring and intensive care. At this moment, Sarah needs more time before any prognosis can be determined.”
More information about traumatic brain injury can be found from the following resources: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health: http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/tbi/tbi.htm Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: http://www.cdc.gov/traumaticbraininjury/
Friends and fans may continue to post their well wishes on Sarah’s Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sarah-Burke/50553451173.
A press conference will be held on Monday, January 16, 2012 at the University of Utah Clinical Neurosciences Center. Details including time will be available on Sunday January 15.
Lead photo by one of Sarah’s Sponsors – Smith Optics. Props to them for embracing #STAYSTRONGSARAH. Sarah’s family would like #BelieveInSarah to trend, so we’ll be using that hashtag on twitter. Sarah’s friend and our twitter pal who takes awesome photos Jen Hudak shared some of her thoughts with ESPN.
