Heather Studley testified for the prosecution about reviving Richard Donohue after the Watertown shooting, describing cardiac arrest, near-total blood loss, and emergency bleeding control. Her medical account established the severity of his injuries without identifying who fired the shot.
WitnessSouth Shore Hospital
Heather Studley
Emergency medicine physician at South Shore Hospital, trained at Tufts and Harvard-affiliated hospitals.
Appeared2015 Federal Trial
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Heather Studley testified for the prosecution on Day 33 about treating MBTA officer Richard Donohue after he was shot in Watertown on April 19, 2013. A board-certified emergency medicine physician, she described his arrival unresponsive, not breathing, and without a heartbeat. She attributed the absence of bleeding from his groin wound to near-total blood loss and lack of circulation.
During direct examination by William D. Weinreb, Studley described CPR, a breathing tube, rapid transfusion, and epinephrine restoring Donohue's heartbeat. When circulation returned, renewed hemorrhaging required her to press her knee into the wound before surgery. Her testimony addressed the medical severity of his injuries, not who fired the shot.
Studley believed Donohue received 28 units of blood, while qualifying other transfusion quantities. She thought he spent about a month in intensive care at Mount Auburn and believed he subsequently went to Spaulding Rehab. She followed his recovery through visits and contact with treating staff, but described his likely rehabilitation work as an assumption and did not know the length of that stay. Her estimate of the prehospital arrest interval was also uncertain because she was not at the scene. Timothy G. Watkins stated that the defense had no questions, and she was excused.
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