EMS Accountability
The EMS accountability topic section includes recent news and articles about proper EMS accountability.
It’s not necessary to completely abandon our faith in EMS. But it is our professional obligation to question it.
They can be sad, frustrating and, at times, quite funny
Ideas for public relation campaigns are often rejected for a variety of reasons
Could take more than a week to add information back into system
Family says medics contributed to man’s death
Tammy Brewer pleads guilty to manslaughter, other charges
Insurance reimbursements lost as fire department faces probe
Dispatcher hit ‘Brooklyn’ on computer instead of ‘Manhattan’
Responder charged with vehicular homicide, failing to yield for pedestrian
Woman dies after waiting for another response
Responder allegedly forged doctor signatures
Cause of victim’s death due to positional asphyxia
Emergency calls still answered despite rumors of bounced payroll checks
Health officials say EMT purchased several different types of drugs without proper authorization
Pair allegedly tried to steal narcotics from ambulance
EMTs called dispatch at request of restaurant worker
Two former county administrators enter conditional guilty pleas for drug charges while working in the EMS field
Ryan Pracht accused of using EMS position to illegally collect money
Hidden camera’s video footage aids in arrest
Bail for Joel Pierce set at $25,000