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.
Tanir Ami, CEO of California’s CARESTAR Foundation on diversifying the prehospital care workforce and improving health outcomes
Focus your cybersecurity investment on initiatives that create more effort for the attacker
An important benefit to coaching is the individualized approach to leadership based on the strengths and weaknesses of the subordinate
Connecticut EMS director, Ray Barishansky, shares the realities and pitfalls of leadership and supervision in EMS
The railroad agency will examine all elements, including weather, the track and the operation of the train
He’s accused of attaching lights to the roof of his car, and for three months drove at high speeds and through red lights to run errands for his wife
PWW attorney Doug Wolfberg led a full-day EMS leadership training at Wisconsin EMS Association Working Together conference
40-year-old woman found crawling on street, mumbling with body temp. of 80F; toxicology results pending
Narcan manufacturer made similar agreement in N.Y.; Cost of Narcan has increased nearly 100 percent in 2 years
Since arrests came before new DWI policy, he will not be terminated from the department
While being airlifted for injuries after a car accident, he told responders that he had just killed his wife
He was charged with impersonating an officer after using emergency lights on his personal truck to pull over a woman who drifted into his lane
Two fire captains violated city and department policies when they punched and cursed at a patient during a medical call
LAS advanced paramedic without expensive and important equipment for 4 hours after theft
Private company wants permission to provide non-911 transports within county and at a lower cost to the hospital
He says a report filed about the incident was wrong, and everything he did was “to protocol, policy and procedures”
An EMS leader who uses these techniques to ‘flip the meeting’ will have a more engaged and efficient staff and a more agile and effective agency
EMS chiefs set the tone for workplace behavior and harassment; ‘what you allow, will continue’
Time allocation for EMS training is illogical and will increasingly be used to support accusations of negligence and liability
He’s accused of pulling a knife on a coworker and swinging a broom handle at his partner
Patient’s home surveillance footage shows EMT putting a pill bottle in his pocket
EMS providers say they were told to bill Medicare at highest rate possible by a former chief arrested for allegedly plotting to have sex with a teenage girl
A surveillance video that contradicted statements by EMS providers led to the settlement in a crash where a responding ambulance and car collided
Legislation introduced in state Assembly and Senate toughens penalties for in the line of duty assaults on EMS providers and firefighters
The union boss says the sex was consensual and off duty; reports of sex in the firehouse are unsubstantiated
Wis. medics waited within sight of victim because police officer took another call without telling dispatch
Financial analysis follows allegations by emergency services district board members about spending and financial records of the EMS organization
Investigation finds that Berkeley protests delayed the arrival of medics for a man collapsed in respiratory distress
A recent trip to Vietnam shows how our ability to lead is enhanced by understanding what compels others and ourselves to follow
Questions being asked about tactics of donating equipment for testing and high profile events that is leveraged for future sole-source purchasing
Last month the same London Ambulance Service crew was assaulted two days in a row by two different patients
The parents of a 14-year-old who died after being struck by an ambulance filed a civil action suit claiming it was driven in a “negligent, careless and reckless manner”