sitwap: Tiger was admitted into intensive care on Sat and was tubed...
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Remlik (aka remlik)
Dec 7 '09, 13:51
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When Tiger Woods was brought to the Health Central Hospital in Ocoee, Fla., his condition was more serious than previously reported. According to a person with knowledge of Woods� hospital admission, the star golfer had to be admitted directly to the hospital�s intensive care unit, where he was immediately intubated and his breathing stabilized.
Also, there�s clarification about the police interview with Woods� neighbors, who called 911. At the time of the 911 call, neighbor Jarius Lavar Adams told dispatchers that Woods was asleep on the lawn, snoring. �Although the body can snore in any state of unconsciousness, it�s unlikely he was snoring,� said the source. �That was the sound of an airway that wasn�t stable. That�s part of the reason there was an intubation when he got to the hospital.�
After Woods underwent treatment, he was extubated, then immediately released home. One physician from the hospital said that discharging a patient directly to his home after being admitted to the ICU was �highly unusual.� The doctor, who did not treat Woods, said standard protocol �usually involves some sort of step-down � if your condition is serious enough to be admitted to ICU, you don�t go straight home. It points to some extreme privacy measures being taken for that decision to be made.�
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Earlier Monday, a report from the Florida state Attorney�s office showed there was a request made for an investigative subpoena that would request blood results from Health Central Hospital. The request, which was ultimately denied, quotes a witness at the scene as saying Woods drank alcohol earlier in the day and was prescribed Ambien and Vicodin, and that impairment was suspected because of the careless driving that resulted in the crash.
Tiger on Oprah?
The possibility of Woods using �The Oprah Winfrey Show� as a platform for a mea culpa does exist, but Angela DePaul, a representative from Harpo, says that �nothing is confirmed.� DePaul confirmed that producers of the show have reached out to Woods, but �Ms. Winfrey has not.�
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