A few hours after her fateful fall on the ski slopes, Natasha Richardson appeared “disoriented … with signs of confusion, a concussion,” according to a medic who radioed hospital staff from the ambulance.

In tapes of the 911 call obtained by Canada’s Globe and Mail, the actress’s condition initially appeared mild.

“10-17,” the medic says at 1 p.m. on March 16, meaning he has arrived after a call to the 911 dispatch center near Mirabel, Quebec, in response to Richardson’s fall at the Mont Tremblant ski resort. “Uhh, we’re still waiting for the patient.”

Richardson, who was then feeling lucid, had declined treatment.

“There’s a [ski] patroller who just went by, who tells me it’s a 10-3,” the medic reports to dispatch at 1:11 p.m. In ambulance code, 10-3 indicates the job is cancelled.

But as mid-afternoon approached, Richardson began to experience severe headaches and the dispatch received another emergency call from the hotel, this time with the code “17-Delta-1,” which indicates the situation is now classified as “dangerous.”

Within 45 minutes, the medics had rushed Richardson into the ambulance and were headed to the Centre Hospitalier Laurentien in Sainte-Agathe, a local hospital.

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Natasha Richardson, in critical condition after injuring her head in a skiing accident Monday afternoon in Montreal, has arrived in New York.

While friends and family gathered Monday evening for a vigil in NYC, where Richardson and husband Liam Neeson call home, the 45-year-old actress’ mum, Oscar winner Vanessa Redgrave, was photographed heading to Lenox Hill Hospital, presumably to be by her daughter’s side, as were Joely Richardson and aunt Lynn Redgrave.

“I was informed by the family’s rep…she has left Canada and the family should give [out] more information by tomorrow,” a rep for Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal told E! News Tuesday.

Varying reports have circulated about Richardson’s current condition, which sources tell the New York Times is serious. The family is said to be highly distressed.

We have been told that, after her fall during a private lesson on a beginner’s slope at the Mont Tremblant ski resort, Richardson walked away seemingly unscathed.

“[Richardson] was accompanied by an experienced ski instructor who immediately called the ski patrol,” a statement from the Mont Tremblant resort said. “She did not show any visible sign of injury, but the ski patrol followed strict procedures and brought her back to the bottom of the slope and insisted she should see a doctor.”

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