Patient transported by aid car, hospital info limited, Arlington WA
Medical EmergencyA patient was transported by ambulance to Providence Hospital in North Everett. Emergency responders faced challenges providing the patient's hospital location to a third party due to privacy laws protecting patient information.
Audio|Source: Snohomish County Fire Primary Response
02:48
Transcript:
00:00
Engine 63.
00:02
We're having some really problems.
00:03
Go ahead.
00:06
Engine 63 is requesting an aid car for BEL's transport, (number withheld) if they're available.
00:11
(number withheld) is been done.
00:18
Receive, thank you. Thank you.
00:28
AC2. BLF1 response.
00:31
near 1702nd Street Northeast. Number (number withheld). Respond on TAC 1.
00:39
near Second Street Northeast.
00:46
(number withheld). Copy.
00:50
Snowcom, Engine 1-6 patient contact. Agent 1-6 patient contact.
00:56
Sircom, Medicare, (number withheld).
00:59
Medic (number withheld) department. Medic (number withheld) department.
01:05
From the 6.
01:07
Engine 6, Brian 6, Brian.
01:13
I'm writing the narrative for this call, and I don't quite know what you want me to do.
01:19
I'm sorry, I literally just took over and sat down and I thought I'm only there push it out.
01:28
Engine 6A, thing to the RP, I don't know why this is a service response,
01:34
it's just trying to figure out where someone was transported to so they can bring their belongings to them.
01:44
Yeah, I get that.
01:46
I believe the patient was transported by the medics to Providence in North Everett, so I don't understand what this fell from.
01:56
We are very limited as what we can tell them. We can make suggestions because of HIPAA laws, especially on a recorded line.
02:06
So even though we may have tried to suggest Providence, I'm not so sure that the caller was able to pick that up.
02:12
How would you like me to handle this?
02:14
I'm sorry, I'll catch it off, sit again.
02:20
We may have attempted to suggest of where they check.
02:24
We know that sometimes the information can take about to trippoly through to whoever they contact their province, but we cannot just outright tell them their family members at a hospital because of HIPAA.
02:34
So I'm just, how would you like me to handle this? What do you want me to do?
02:40
I'm going to call the reporting party and we're going to make this call go away.
02:45
I appreciate it. Thank you. I'm sorry for any confusion.
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Location mentioned:
170th St NE, Arlington, WA 98223
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