American skier lauds new technique at Vancouver hospital for brain recovery
VANCOUVER — A competitive skier from Utah is crediting a new technique at Vancouver General Hospital for a swift recovery from a brain injury she suffered in Whistler, B.C.
Jamie Crane-Mauzy was the first patient in British Columbia to undergo autoregulation monitoring, a process allowing doctors to determine the precise oxygen and blood pressure levels in her brain.
The 23-year-old was hospitalized for eight days and her family was told she might die after she crashed during a double backflip at the World Ski and Snowboard Festival in April last year.
But two doctors decided Crane-Mauzy would be the first patient for the new technique just weeks after they introduced the program at the hospital with knowledge they acquired in the United Kingdom.