The doctor who tried to revive 26-year-old Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, killed in a shootout with police early Friday morning, spoke to the Huffington Post today about the experience:
He arrived at the hospital before Tsarnaev, 26, was brought in with a large law enforcement escort.
“There was some discussion of who’s coming in,” Schoenfeld said of the patient. “Is it the suspect? Is this a victim? Is it a police officer?
“Ultimately that discussion died down quickly, because it doesn’t matter who’s coming in,” he added. “We’re going to treat them as best as we can, because you really don’t know who it is until the dust settles.”
When Tsarnaev arrived, he immediately went into cardiac arrest. CPR was performed until a team of doctors could attempt to resuscitate him, inserting chest tubes to treat potential injuries and gain vascular access to give the patient what Schoenfeld described as “massive blood transfusions.”
Tsarnaev suffered from massive, penetrating injuries and was pronounced dead at 1:35 a.m. His body was turned over to law enforcement so that it can be examined by forensic experts, medical examiners and investigators to determine the source of his injuries.
Read the entire interview here.
