Warren Commission (06 of 26): Hearings Vol. VI (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (06 of 26): Hearings Vol. VI (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mr. SPECTER. And where did you go when you left the President's room?
Dr. HUNT. Straight across to operating room 2.
Mr. SPECTER. And what did you find in operating room 2 when you arrived
there?
Dr. HUNT. Governor Connally was present there and----
Mr. SPECTER. What doctors, if any, were present when you arrived?
Dr. HUNT. Red Duke--I'm sorry, I just don't remember who the others
were. There were three or four.
Mr. SPECTER. What action was being taken with respect to Governor
Connally upon your arrival there?
Dr. HUNT. They were placing chest tubes, as a matter of fact, they had
one in and were putting the other one in, and were--they had an I.V.
going, I believe someone had done a cutdown, and they were checking
other wounds. He had a wound on his arm and another wound down on his
leg, I think, and that was about it--preparing to take him promptly up
to surgery.
Mr. SPECTER. And what did you do on that occasion?
Dr. HUNT. I walked in and Dr. Duke looked up and the first thing I did
was to look at the Governor--I took his pulse and he spoke to me and
said something, and noted his color.
Mr. SPECTER. What did the Governor say to you?
Dr. HUNT. He said something like, "It hurts," not anything real
specific, but he did at least speak, and it was a conscious thought
type of thing, so that he was more or less alert, responding, so then I
stepped back into the hall and signaled a fellow, a medical student who
has been in our department, that is rotating through anesthesia, and I
happened to see him just outside the door, and I asked him to please go
upstairs and bring me another unit of equipment and then came back in
and told Dr. Duke I had sent for equipment, although I didn't believe
the Governor was going to need it, and he said that he was very glad
that I had and he, too, didn't think he would need it, but he should
have it as a standby, and then they brought me a machine and my table
down and I stayed with the Governor until he was ready to go upstairs,
but he did not require any respiratory aid because he was not that
critical.
Mr. SPECTER. Did you participate any further with the treatment of
Governor Connally?
Dr. HUNT. When we were ready to go upstairs, I went back to the room
where the President was and Dr. Giesecke, who is a staff member from
our department, appeared relatively free and I asked him if he would
come and go upstairs with the Governor and I came on upstairs in a
different route. I didn't go in the elevator with the Governor--Dr.
Giesecke went with him, and helped Dr. Giesecke get under way with the
surgery.
Mr. SPECTER. How did you go upstairs, by what route?
Dr. HUNT. I don't know--I don't remember.
Mr. SPECTER. Is there any other elevator going up to the operating
rooms?
Dr. HUNT. Yes; there are four elevators.
Mr. SPECTER. But do those lead from the emergency rooms?
Dr. HUNT. No; you come down this long hallway up to those of the ground
floor.
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