Lindsay Clancy Requested Lawyer While Hospitalized, Nurse Testifies

Rachelle Amede has a nurse in Brigham and Women's Hospital’s intensive care unit in Boston for nearly 27 years. She treated Lindsay Clancy on Jan. 24, 2023, and she testified in Clancy’s murder trial today (Monday, August 3, day 5) over the strangulation deaths of Clancy’s three young children. Clancy’s defense is that she wasn’t sane at the time because of postpartum mental health issues. Prosecutors argue Clancy knew what she was doing and didn’t seriously attempt suicide after killing the children, 5-year-old Cora; 3-year-old Dawson and 8-month-old Callan. 01:22 "I'm going to draw your attention to a particular patient that you had some interaction with in January of 2023, and that was Lindsay Clancy. Do you recall treating her?" "Yes." "And were was she in that trauma surgical intensive care unit?" "Yes." 01:58 "She came from the emergency room, went to MRI, then came to the ICU to me." 02:30 "First night, she was intubated. She came to me intubated. We had to maintain her blood pressure at a certain number." 02:42 "Were you aware that she was on what's called a one-to-one?" "Yes." "What does that mean?" "That means patient usually can't be left alone, and also depending, you always have to have somebody outside the room with sort of monitor the patient." 03:05 "Was there a particular event that you were witness to for this particular patient?" "She coded." "What does that mean?" "It means her blood pressure dropped for her. It meant her blood pressure dropped, and it wasn't sustainable with life." "And this event occurred approximately at 330 in the morning, correct?" "Yes." "Was she eventually stabilized after that code?" "She was." 05:48 "During this time period on the 26th, was she arousable? Meaning, could you initiate some communication with her?" "Some, yes." 07:18 Jan. 28 "and at this point, when she's writing on the board, she's now her eyes are open and she's responsive?" "Yes." 07:58 "Well, we restrain all patients that are intubated for safety." "And why?" "So they don't pull out the tube or pull out any lines that they have." 09:06 "And were you able to make observations of the patient once she was extubated?" "Yes." "Did her presentation change at all from your previous interactions with her?" "No." 11:02 "On this particular night, February 2, do you remember her making a particular request of you, or ask you for something specific?" "I think that was the night she wanted to reach out to her lawyer." 11:41 "So, in with on this particular night, the second she made a request of you for her lawyer, correct?" "Yes." 12:01 "that was the first time she referred to anything going on with the the case." 12:22 "I sent what we call a consult to the social worker in order to coordinate reaching out to her lawyer." 13:06 "Were you present at one point when some troopers came in to take photographs of her?" "Yes." "And were you in the room when they took the photographs?" "Yes." "Do you recall assisting them in viewing the injuries to her wrists and her neck?" "I don't know if, I don't remember assisting." 14:40 cross-exam by defense lawyer Kevin Reddington 18:58 "and and that makes reference to the fact that shortly after arriving in the ICU, the patient had a cardiac arrest. Is that there?" "Yes." 21:32 "She had anemia." "That would be what, low blood or something?" "Yes." "And she required multiple transfusions immediately following her arrest, right?" "Yes." 22:22 "Were you aware as her the lead nurse or treating nurse as to what the extent of her injuries were?" "At that point, I don't believe so." 24:56 "There's a notation of a contusion, laceration, and crushing of the the thyroid with thyroidal edema. What does that mean?" "She has swelling. I'm assuming around her thyroid." 26:41 "And you knew that there had been there had been discussion about postpartum psychosis, isn't that right?" "Yes." 30:34 "Would you agree that there was noted a 3.5 centimeter deep laceration on her wrist?" "I can't say exciting measure. This is somebody else's note..." 30:45 "Well, when you looked at her, did you observe with your own eyes and your own experience that she had a deep laceration?" "She had a laceration, yes." 31:01 "So when you looked at the laceration on her wrist, you can't tell us if you would agree that it was a deep laceration?" "I really didn't get to assess it at the time when she arrived." 33:37 "And then on February 2 is when she used the she asked about wanting to reach out to her attorney. Is that correct?" "Yes." "You had no knowledge as to her mother and father getting an attorney for her while she was in custody with the police all around her." 34:29 re-direct 36:09 "and are you aware that he identified in the history that this patient actually had a history of postpartum mood symptoms, not psychosis?