Judge & jury return.Court back in session.Commonwealth calls Timothy Nuttall, firefighter paramedic for the town of Canton.Nuttall giving an animated account of his career and training, explaining terms, other classes and qualifications.
Lally asks about how one becomes a senior paramedic, what type of ongoing training is required, are you required to be pre-certified.Nuttall answers with confidence and detail.Lally asks about shifts, how many fire stations there are, how are they staffed.
Again Nuttall gives a detailed answers.Nuttall is asked about the weather. Nuttall testifies he got to work early because he knew the storm was going to hit.He testifies firefighters are responsible for snow removal around stations.
Not surprisingly, Lally asks about the snow conditions.Not surprisingly, the answer is “blizzard conditions,”Prosecution asking now about the call.Nuttall says as a more senior paramedic he decided to go on call. 2 other firefighters/paramedics responded.
Nuttall listing other responders.He does not remember who was driving the ambulance.Nuttall was in work early & had not put on gear when call came in. He dresses, and prepares back for response.
Lally asks if the weather had changed.Nuttall says the wind has picked up, and it was snowing.Some jurors are taking notes and all appear to be paying attention.Nuttall detailing responding to patient directly.
Nuttall describes how first responders share duties when treating a patient.Nuttall was in charge of ventilation.He’s explaining how the mask works.Lally asking where body was, indicating a small pool of blood under him. It was dark, still snowing. They used handheld lights.
Lally asking for footage of body from curb.Answers 6-8 feet.Lally asking him to define cardiac arrest.Nuttall does, and describes what action would be taken.
What observations did you make?O’Keefe was dressed for the weather.They were concentrating on getting him out of the weather.Other firefighters were concentrating on extraction.What did you observe the 3 females on the scene doing!The group was quite agitated.
Nuttall testifies lighting was better inside ambulance, they continued CPR, removed clothing, winter jacket sweatshirt, all clothing was removed, which is protocol. Why is this protocol?To assess everything.Testifies a mechanical device was used for CPR
Asked about the missing shoe.Nuttall testifies he wasn’t paying attention to the shoes.Is asked about the chain of custody of clothes.He can’t speak to where clothing went.Affirms clothing in ambulance went to hospital.
Nuttall asked to describe injuries he saw on OKeefe:Hematoma (Egg) on his head Scratches on right arm, 3 - 4 inches from shoulder to above bow.Blood mucus on in back of airway, enough that it needed to be removed.Nose was very cold, appeared to be some blood on nose.
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