Legal Issues
The legal issues topic contains news and information about legal issues affecting EMS personnel, agencies or departments. Find the latest news from personnel misconduct, to disciplinary and harassment cases, to malpractice lawsuits, as well as advice to prevent legal action with EMS training, documentation and management.
“The problem here is not that the providers were making a diagnosis, it’s what they were doing with the diagnosis”
Researchers have developed a systems-level checklist to address stress and violence affecting fire-based EMS responders
Responders are taught about “command presence,” but what about the “quiet presence” that comes with empathy?
Engaging millennials is about more than simply welcoming a new generation to the workplace; it’s about accepting a seismic shift in how we view careers, technology and innovation
Personnel are often wrongly taught to use decision-making processes for tame and critical problems on the more complex wicked problems
Police said Felicia Farruggia demanded her friend inject her with heroin and meth before responders arrived on scene
About half of NEMSMA members report providing and paying for the 60 hours of continuing education for NREMT National Continued Competency Program
The measure would make police officers, firefighters and emergency medical personnel a protected class under the hate crimes law
Christopher Ayer was charged with drunken driving three times prior to last week’s incident
Improving driving and passenger safety behavior is an immediate action for EMS leaders as safety innovations diffuse through new ambulance purchases
Weigh the expected costs in time and money against a product’s effectiveness in eliminating pathogens
Move beyond a hospital towel and spray bottle of disinfectant with specialized tools to fully eliminate dangerous pathogens from ambulances
Operations policies, driver and occupant training and behavior change come before and during the implementation of new ambulance safety innovations
Imagine how ambulance design and safety can improve when motivation and the desire to do the right thing come together to drive change
The lawsuit alleged Pennsylvania Ambulance was grossly negligent for failing to properly train employees to assess patients
Randy Lee Davidson was arrested for allegedly stealing doses of fentanyl and morphine and attempting to cover up the activity
The passive devices prevent unauthorized personnel from shifting the ambulance out of park position
The family of Garrett Boynosky allege that precious minutes were wasted when an EMS provider told an officer to stop CPR
Here’s a summary of the types of questions the Eagles asked one another from the last year
Dispatcher Constance Hollinger could face up to 10 days of unpaid suspension
Reported incidents of drug losses or theft at federal hospitals jumped from 272 in 2009 to 2,926 in 2015
When team members do not mesh well, it can add stress to an already stressful environment
Crews said they were treating a patient in the back of an ambulance when the man jumped into the driver’s seat
EMS chief explains Allina Health EMS business case for increasing workforce diversity to improve patient care and the organization’s ROI
Under the bill, patients would be responsible for co-payments and deductibles under their insurance plans
An inquest concluded that had the paramedic defibrillated the girl, she may have survived
The case stemmed from an ordinance passed in 2014, by the county board allowing companies beside Altamont Ambulance to provide non-emergency medical transport
Providing care on the snow covered prairie reconnected me with my paramedic roots and reminds me there are many ways for paramedics to be caregivers
Under the proposal, people experiencing overdose symptoms could get drugs administered faster
Feras Awwad said he was not paid time and one-half for the overtime hours he worked
The family of Tonya Johnson is demanding that investigators change the ruling in part so they can collect a $3 million life insurance policy
Proposals and bills may not always directly influence EMS, but it’s essential to know the person behind the ballot
SWOT analysis gives volunteers the opportunity to participate in the development of an action plan for training, increased competence and success