Tim Nuttall

“So I found him supine, laying in the snow. I immediately went to him and checked him for signs of life. We found none. We found no breathing, no pulse. So we immediately began performing high-quality CPR.”

Nuttall's firsthand account described the patient's condition when emergency personnel reached him and the immediate treatment response.

“So as I was ventilating at the head, there was a small delay in just getting equipment, nothing significant. Just enough time that as I was ventilating, I was able to ask did anybody see anything, did anybody -- what happened? And there was one individual that replied several times, I hit him. I hit him.”

Nuttall testified that he heard the reported statement from an unidentified individual while providing care.

“There is quite a few reasons that somebody could get an egg such as that over their head. I mean, you can get hit with a golf ball, for instance.”

Nuttall declined to attribute the hematoma to a single cause.

“Absolutely.”

Nuttall agreed that his memory was somewhat faulty as to the relevant time frame.

“As stated, a lot. It's not typically just physical altercations. It can be, again, a golf ball could hit you in the head that could cause similar injuries.”

Nuttall emphasized that the observed injuries could have multiple possible causes.

“I found no signs of life on my initial.”

Nuttall summarized his first clinical assessment of O'Keefe at the scene.

“you're not dead until you're warm and dead.”

Nuttall used this phrase while explaining why the responders began resuscitation in the cold conditions.

“There was, as I noted when I got out of the truck, quite a bit of screaming. It was quite chaotic.”

Nuttall described the scene conditions while explaining why the video did not capture all sounds and conversations.

Nuttall described arriving in heavy snow, finding a person supine in the snow, and finding no breathing or carotid pulse during his initial assessment.

“Correct. I believe I said "I hit him, I hit him" — twice — on the stand last year.”

Nuttall acknowledged the difference between his earlier and current accounts of the number of repetitions.

“To be perfectly honest, sir, I did not remember until right now.”

Nuttall said he had not initially recalled that the meeting included discussion of his description of O'Keefe's clothing.

“They were deep. I infamously referred to them as furrows. They were quite deep. You could tell that there had been some material removed.”

Nuttall described the scratches he observed on O'Keefe's right arm.

“Those injuries could be sustained in a numerous amount of ways. Yes, it could be. It could be from that. It could be from others as well.”

Nuttall did not attribute the injuries to one cause and agreed a punch was one possible cause.

“I do distinctly remember "I hit him. I hit him. I hit him."”

Nuttall distinguished his present recollection of the alleged statement from the account defense counsel attributed to Trooper Proctor's report.

“I don't remember the interview with Trooper Proctor. I remember it happened. I don't remember the substance of what was discussed entirely. And I remember — we discussed that morning.”

Nuttall distinguished limited recall of a later interview from his recollection of the emergency scene.

“I was again focused on Mr. O'Keefe's airway and ventilation.”

Nuttall explained why details about clothing were not his priority during treatment.

“I heard "I hit him." But again, it was in the background and it was not my focus.”

Nuttall qualified his recollection of additional alleged statements as background sound during patient care.

“Correct. Again, the clip that you showed me, that was not when it was said. That segment that you showed, that was not when it was said. It was said prior to that when the three of us were together.”

Nuttall maintained a different timing for the alleged statement when confronted with the video sequence.

Nuttall acknowledged that, apart from hearing "I hit him," he recalled generalized commotion in the background while focused on patient care.