Comments on Blog Lead to Firing of Pennsylvania Paramedic — Emergency Medical Services (EMSResponder.com)

Comments on Blog Lead to Firing of Pennsylvania Paramedic — Emergency Medical Services (EMSResponder.com):

Plymouth Community Ambulance, already under investigation for questionable spending, is dealing with another problem - an employee whose Web log got her fired.

John Durante, acting president of the ambulance's board of directors, said yesterday that the employee was fired Jan. 13 for misuse of a computer and "inappropriate comments" about emergency victims on her blog.

Durante declined to identify the former employee other than to say she was a female paramedic. Durante said he had not seen the photos and text on the woman's blog.

"It's a personnel matter and I can't say anything else," Durante said.

The site, which is no longer available over the Internet, reportedly contained photos and captions of people who needed Plymouth Ambulance's services. One image showed Mexicans jumping from a building fire with the words "Mexican jumping beans" as the caption, according to the Times Herald of Norristown.

Just another horror story of someone totally out of there realm. It seems as though this medic has violated moral barriers, ethical barriers, and patient confidentiality.