Justin Rice

Dr. Justin Rice is a board-certified emergency physician at Good Samaritan Medical Center who led the resuscitative efforts when John O'Keefe arrived in cardiac arrest with severe hypothermia on the morning of January 29, 2022. His testimony establishes the clinical details of O'Keefe's condition at the hospital — including a core temperature of 80.1°F, a Glasgow Coma Scale score of 3, and a 7mm laceration above the right eye — as well as the time of death. Rice also testified about Karen Read's simultaneous Section 12 admission and her blood alcohol level of 93 mg/dL measured that same morning.