WARWICK — In an abbreviated day of testimony Wednesday, jurors heard again from a medical consultant who said that Michael Woods’ death was “definitely preventable” had he been given treatment immediately.

Dr. Jeffrey Garrett, a Pittsburgh cardiologist, retook the stand Wednesday afternoon to testify about what he believes should have happened when Woods arrived in Kent Hospital the day he died. Woods went to Kent Hospital earlier in the afternoon on July 26, 2006, complaining of a sore throat and vomiting. About an hour and a half after Woods arrived at the hospital, he had an electrocardiogram that showed an abnormal heartbeat.

“The heart wasn’t irreversibly damaged,” Garrett testified, “and everything that happened [to Woods] at Kent was treatable.”

Woods died from a heart attack he suffered while lying on a gurney in a hospital hallway a few feet from a nursing station. Woods’ brother, actor James Woods, has filed a negligence suit against the hospital on behalf of his nephew, Peyton Woods.

Garrett said that after seeing the results of the x-ray, Woods should have immediately been given four chewable baby aspirin, and an IV of beta blockers to slow or prevent damage to the heart. He said that Woods also should have been placed on a heart monitor and a medical history should have been compiled for him. Those actions may not have cleared the blockage, but they would have given Woods more time to have procedures done and a better chance at survival, Garrett said.

Yes, Dr. Kelli A. Naylor ordered that Woods be placed on a heart monitor and ordered tests to help narrow down a diagnosis, Garrett said, upon questioning by David W. Carroll, the hospital’s lawyer.

“But she didn’t treat the patient,” Garrett said, “and that was her most important mandate.”

Garrett also said that the tests Naylor ordered after Woods was released from x-ray would not have addressed the problems that Woods ultimately died from.

Associate Justice Daniel A. Procaccini released the jurors around 1:45 p.m. Wednesday for the holiday weekend. Testimony in the trial will continue on Monday, with a doctor testifying on behalf of the defense, Procaccini said.

tbuford@projo.com