What is a patient's expectation of privacy at scene? Do you give respect to a patient's privacy when assessing in public view or even in their home? Should the patient be photographed or videotaped at scene by EMS/FD? I've seen many action shots published in various magazines and used at trade conferences for photo contests. I've often wondered how many of the patients realized they were being filmed or photographed and that they would be viewed by thousands. If a photograph is taken "in plain public view", is it a privacy issue?
Florida Crash Photos Could Cost Chief Job
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UMATILLA, Fla. --
A suspended Central Florida fire chief could lose his job over e-mailed photos from a crash scene that included at least one image of a female victim's exposed breasts.
Florida Crash Photos Could Cost Chief Job
http://www.local6.com/news/14986331/detail.html
http://www.emsresponder.com/article/article.jsp?siteSection=1&id=6816
Story by local6.com
UMATILLA, Fla. --
A suspended Central Florida fire chief could lose his job over e-mailed photos from a crash scene that included at least one image of a female victim's exposed breasts.
Shirk snapped photos of the woman and then e-mailed them to surrounding fire departments, Local 6's Charnel Wright reported.
Umatilla City Manager Glenn Irby said the woman, who later died, had her privacy rights violated.
"In passing that information along to others that had nothing to do with the emergency rescue, that becomes to me a moral issue," Irby said. "Distasteful, if you will."