[1385] in UA Exec
Ambulance Confidentiality
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Katy Gero)
Mon Sep 24 21:51:49 2012
Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2012 21:51:47 -0400
From: Katy Gero <kgero@MIT.EDU>
To: ua-exec@mit.edu
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Hello everyone that is on this mailing list,
Let me know if this is not the correct mailing list to use for this issue.
I recently learned that when you call campus police at 100 all details from
that call are reported to the Dean on Call, who is not in any way bound by
confidentiality. (The list of people a Dean on Call might tell is quite
large, and includes, I think, other Deans on Call, S^3, Dean Humphrey's,
Barbara Baker...) So while the EMTs are completely confidential, you can
only call the EMTs through campus police. This is pretty upsetting to me,
since I have generally been told that calling an ambulance is confidential
and is something I tell others to encourage them to call 100 in an
emergency situation.
I would be pretty upset if S^3 based their decision of what to do with me
because of on an incident I was involved with when the EMTs were called.
I also recently learned that the Good Samaritan policy only applies to
alcohol related incidents. I have similar feelings towards this.
I'm not sure if this is an issue the UA wants to pick up, but I would be in
support of looking into these policies.
Katy Gero
Senior Haus President and Former UA Senate Member
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Hello everyone that is on this mailing list, <br><br>Let me know if this is=
not the correct mailing list to use for this issue. I recently learned tha=
t when you call campus police at 100 all details from that call are reporte=
d to the Dean on Call, who is not in any way bound by confidentiality. (The=
list of people a Dean on Call might tell is quite large, and includes, I t=
hink, other Deans on Call, S^3, Dean Humphrey's, Barbara Baker...) So w=
hile the EMTs are completely confidential, you can only call the EMTs throu=
gh campus police. This is pretty upsetting to me, since I have generally be=
en told that calling an ambulance is confidential and is something I tell o=
thers to encourage them to call 100 in an emergency situation. <br>
<br>I would be pretty upset if S^3 based their decision of what to do with =
me because of on an incident I was involved with when the EMTs were called.=
<br><br>I also recently learned that the Good Samaritan policy only applies=
to alcohol related incidents. I have similar feelings towards this.<br>
<br>I'm not sure if this is an issue the UA wants to pick up, but I wou=
ld be in support of looking into these policies.<br><br>Katy Gero<br>Senior=
Haus President and Former UA Senate Member<br><br><br>
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