US Dallas FireRescue Emergency Medical Services Jan 2011 Physical Action (Q16904)
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A data breach risk event
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US Dallas FireRescue Emergency Medical Services Jan 2011 Physical Action
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A data breach risk event
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January 2011
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Over a period of approximately three years, a small number of laptops have gone missing from ambulances in the Dallas area. The laptops in question disappeared between January 1, 2011, and August 29, 2014, according to the Dallas Morning News, and reportedly contained patient information. Dallas City Hall stated that Dallas Fire-Rescue (DFR) Emergency Medical Services (EMS) laptop computers in DFR ambulances became unaccounted for in the three-year period. Additionally, on Aug. 15, 2014, it was discovered that one of the software applications on the EMS laptops was not properly protected. If the EMS laptop used during a patients treatment was one of those unaccounted for, and if the paramedics performed an electrocardiogram (EKG) on the patient, that EKG and possibly the patients name, ag (English)
