Accountable For Violating Patient's Privacy: Case Study
Case Title: EMT Accountable for Violating Patient’s Privacy
An EMT employed by a volunteer fire department provided emergency care to a female patient for a possible drug overdose. The unresponsive patient was brought to a hospital. The EMT returned home and later spoke to a friend, telling her that she had assisted in taking a certain patient to the hospital emergency room for treatment for a possible drug overdose.
Previous to the emergency, the EMT had never met the patient. However, about two weeks before the incident, the EMT had heard about the patient and her medical problems at a social event. The woman who spoke about the patient was apparently a friend, and it was this person whom the EMT called, after the patient’s overdose.
An EMT employed by a volunteer fire department provided emergency care to a female patient for a possible drug overdose. The unresponsive patient was brought to a hospital. The EMT returned home and later spoke to a friend, telling her that she had assisted in taking a certain patient to the hospital emergency room for treatment for a possible drug overdose.
Previous to the emergency, the EMT had never met the patient. However, about two weeks before the incident, the EMT had heard about the patient and her medical problems at a social event. The woman who spoke about the patient was apparently a friend, and it was this person whom the EMT called, after the patient’s overdose.