On Thu, 19 Mar 2009 09:28:05 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

On Mar 19, 8:50*am, Walt wrote:
Evojeesus wrote:
Ok folks, just wear your helmet when you're skiing or on a motorbike,
the life you save might be your own...

* *Dr. Eugene Flamm, chairman of neurosurgery at Montefiore
* *Medical Center in New York, said there is little evidence
* *in this case that a helmet would have warded off
* *Richardson's injury.

True, because there is no evidence of exactly what her injury was, or
what the precise cause of death was. That information hasn't been
released. Since we know almost nothing beyond the facts that she fell
and she died, we don't know whether a helmet would have helped or not.

However, you omitted the other quoted doctor's professional advice &
speculation on this point:
"Faden said that Richardson's death should serve as a reminder to the
public to take precautions against head injury whenever possible. ...
He added that he believes the use of a helmet may have helped lessen
the likelihood of a traumatic brain injury."

May, possibly, have lessened the likelihood. Maybe.
AFAIK, she didn't hit her head on a rock, tree, or other hard or
pointy object. Just a routine hard fall onto snow, so it wasn't a
point impact that did the damage, it was just the g-force of the
sudden stop. A helmet can protect against g-forces, by deforming and
absorbing part of the impact, but somehow I doubt that on a green run
during a lesson, she hit hard enough to deform a helmet , so I doubt a
helmet would have helped.

bw