Michael Sullivan testified for the defense about Tamerlan Tsarnaev's apparent wounds, suspected shock, and resistance to treatment during ambulance transport from Watertown to Beth Israel.
WitnessPublic Health Commission for the City of Boston
Michael Sullivan
Boston Health Commission paramedic with prior experience as an emergency medical technician.
Appeared2015 Federal Trial
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Michael Sullivan testified for the defense on Day 55 about treating a patient identified during ambulance transport as Tamerlan Tsarnaev. The Boston paramedic described joining the ambulance in Watertown and observing apparent gunshot and shrapnel-type wounds, consciousness, and signs that led him to suspect shock.
Sullivan said Tamerlan remained handcuffed, yelled, lifted himself from the stretcher, and resisted attempts at intravenous access and wound care. After the court overruled a prosecution objection, Sullivan explained that anxiety was a typical response to hypoxia or shock. He estimated that transport to Beth Israel took five or six minutes, during which only limited basic treatment was provided. The prosecution declined cross-examination.
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