People v. Mirque

OPINION OF THE COURT

Ethan Greenberg, J.

The emergency medical technicians of New York City’s Emergency Medical Service perform crucial and sometimes heroic *376work. Typically, an emergency medical technician (or EMT) is the first medical professional to assist a person who has fallen victim to sudden illness or serious accident. It is no exaggeration to say that an EMT often makes the difference between life and death.

Part of the EMT’s job is to talk to the patient, to gather information from the patient, and to report that information to the nurses and doctors at the hospital for their use in…