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.
Jessica Cox shared lessons of resilience and courage to inspire EMS leaders during the Pinnacle EMS keynote presentation
It’s critical we maintain strong convictions that define who we are and what we do to better serve our community
Rob Lawrence and Scott Moore on how to retain EMS staff through the first year
The two waived a departmental hearing on the allegations against them and chose instead to accept punishment
A report by state investigators concluded the “viability of the IV access point” led to difficulty in administering a new lethal drug combination; the inmate died from a heart attack
Supervisors voted to put in place standardized, digital testing procedures after fire and EMS personnel shared confidential exam questions
Forming a strategic plan for your agency’s future is the easy part; the hard part is getting the people who will carry it out to believe in it as much as you do
The NTSB is determining the best way to get the wreckage from a rural site to a hangar in Dallas after pilot Matt Mathews was killed when the helicopter crashed
Bus swerved across both lanes of the highway before overturning; driver might have had a stroke or heart attack
2 other crew members transported to the hospital; Crash in eastern Oklahoma late Thursday night
The concerned man gave local television station photos of medics; prompting an investigation that the medic may have violated a policy
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
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