Whatcha going to do? Whatcha going to do when they come for you?

A person identifying himself as a police officer calls you in the ED and asks you to identify any patients recently evaluated for significant trauma as they are trying to find a hit and run driver. What do you do?


Here's what ACEP has to say about the situation:

Except when legally required, information about a patient should not be released without permission from the patient or surrogate decision maker.

Click here to read full details of ACEP's clinical policy "Law Enforcement Information Gathering in the Emergency Department."