Protecting privacy during video recording resuscitations

The practice of video recording resuscitations is reviewed with respect to the following issues: the protection of patients' rights to privacy during and after recordings the non status of recordings as a medical record the need for staff acceptance and institutional approval prior to beginning recordings the use of recordings for quality improvement audit, critical incident monitoring, instructional feedback and resuscitation review conferences the recommendation that recordings are then erased, and the utility of legislative protection to facilitate the process of quality improvement.