Doctor Who Tried To Save 5-Year-Old Cora Testifies In Lindsay Clancy's Murder Trial

Michael Snyder is a physician at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital in Plymouth, Massachusetts, where he treated 5-year-old Cora Clancy on Jan. 24, 2023. Snyder testified in Lindsay Clancy's murder trial today (Monday, August 3, day 5), about his efforts to save the girl's life. 00:50 "I'm going to draw your attention to January 24 of the year 2023. Do you recall working in the emergency department on that day?" "Yes." "And in the evening, were you made aware of multiple pediatric traumas that were coming into the emergency department." "Yes." 01:48 "And prior to EMS arriving, did you learn more about Cora's presentation and what was occurring?" "Yeah. So we we had heard that you know all three were in cardiac arrest, and the corps in particular, they were still working on doing CPR and and doing what we call pediatric advanced advanced life support, so medications to try and restart the heart. And they also mentioned that they had used what we call a defibrillator to shock the heart to try to restart it, and they were still doing CPR when they were arriving." 03:14 "So she had what we call an intraosseous device in her right tibia. Sometimes it's very difficult to get an IV in, so we can go directly into the bone or the bone marrow." "And were you aware of whether she had been intubated in route?" "So she was not intubated in route." 03:44 "So when the patient first comes in, you know we immediately have our team, you know, start to sort of take over care so there's no gap, and then we also get a a sign out from the paramedics and EMTs and any other staff that had been involved in the case." 07:25 "Yeah. So, in addition to listening to the heart, feeling for a pulse, we'll also tend to use an ultrasound machine in the room where we can kind of get a direct view of heart function." 08:25 "Were you consulting with any other colleagues or any other hospitals in regards to the care of Cora?" "Yeah. So we actually had, in addition to all all my colleagues in the emergency room, we had intensive care physicians from Children's that were on the phone with us, kind of working through any things that may have come up in the case, also expecting that they would be receiving the patients from." 09:05 "And how long did efforts in treating Cora continue?" "So, in the emergency room, roughly 30 minutes." "And fair to say that all of the efforts that you made were not successful?" "Correct."