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 AAA/Newton 360 turnover survey measures the cost of replacing EMTs and paramedics
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With a rising percentage of the workforce working a side gig or as a freelancer, services will need to adapt to recruit generations satisfied by being their own boss
The husband and wife are believed to have fled the state; two deputies were also arrested and face up to 30 years in prison if convicted
The fire chief apologized to the family and ordered his crews to undergo training on how to deal with combative patients
The files contain patients’ personal information from a defunct ambulance company and the state is investigating how they got there
Photographs of patients, with disrespectful captions, were taken while she should have been caring for patients
Pilot Ronald Scott Rector was about to land at a Mo. hospital to pickup the medical crew when his plane crashed for unknown reasons; an investigation will likely last for several months
Man was fired from EMT job as soon as accusation of stealing patient’s medications, captured on surveillance video, was made
Dr. Brent Meyers to become chief medical officer of Evolution Health, a community paramedic service that makes house calls and provides other preventive medical services
The police are searching for the medics that were both fired 1 week ago for absenteeism
The pilot was about to land at a Mo. hospital to pickup the medical crew; cause of crash under investigation
He was convicted of sexually assaulting a woman in the back of an ambulance during a transport
8 ambulances, buses, and pickup trucks destroyed or damaged; cause of fire is unknown
Hosts Chris Cebollero and Kelly Grayson hope an investigation sheds more light on an EMT accused of leaving a patient and going to sit in the ambulance
We don’t all need to be EMS lawyers but knowing a few basics about how bills become law will make you a better EMS provider
We don’t all need to be EMS lawyers but knowing a few basics about the impact of court decisions will make you a better EMS provider
He alleges the EMT driving the ambulance was negligent for not yielding when making a left turn at a green light and hitting his pickup truck
He was suspended with pay following a disciplinary hearing and was charged with elderly abuse for the incident involving a hospice patient
Suspensions were chosen because the firefighters had not been trained on how to handle a violent situation
Cardiac arrest resuscitation was unsuccessful; EMS, police, and fire personnel returned to patient’s home to shovel off the roof
Man who assaulted the London Ambulance Service paramedic sentenced to 300 hours of community service
They filed a complaint with Rural/Metro, saying EMT got angry when asked to transport a man to the hospital and sat in the ambulance until his partner brought him back into the home
Rural/Metro ambulances in Contra Costa county lacked required equipment and paperwork was incomplete
Chief Gregory Dean led the Seattle Fire Department for a decade; he was known for improving cardiac care performance
The volunteer firefighter and EMT is accused of using a 9-year-old child to produce pornography
A woman was permanently disabled in a collision with an ambulance, and at issue is whether EMTs providing fire protection should be protected from liability
Her mental instability was well-known, and fire officials are accused of bouncing her around to various firehouses instead of getting her help
Police investigate possibility that Fentanyl was mixed with heroin to increase potency
Some hope the scandal will spur changes aimed at squashing the sexism that keeps many women feeling unwelcome
An audit revealed cheating extended to the department’s hiring process and promotional exams
EMS providers use hands-on dissection to learn and practice emergency ventilation and hemorrhage control procedures
