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.
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Thom Dick, a paramedic, caregiver and advocate for patients and providers, discusses his more than 40 years in EMS
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The husband and wife stole money and neglected bills bankrupting the company; they face charges for misconduct in public office, identity theft and fraud
A paramedic, pilot, nurse and patient all died when the plane crashed and burst into flames on the way to Phoenix; the cause is under investigation
Applicants got advice on failing memory tests, feigning symptoms and described fears of planes and tall buildings to support PTSD claims
Residents, concerned over noise and traffic, threatened legal action if the city sold land to the company for a new headquarters
The service is under further scrutiny after an ambulance lost a tire while transporting a sick infant, days after the state took 30 ambulances off the road
Neighbors are concerned about noise, speeding ambulances, and added traffic; they claim the sale would violate voter-approved conditions for the land
Leatha Kaye Slauson, 30, is accused of giving her 5-year-old daughter cannabis oil as an effort to convince the community she had terminal cancer
Officials took 30 ambulances off the road after a complaint that some drivers may not have the proper medical paperwork
The term leadership gets thrown around a lot these days, but what does it really mean in the EMS industry?
Todd Stout was surprised with the Pinnacle Leadership Award after his father accepted a Lifetime Achievement Award
He claims an EMS provider “started verbally abusing me and berating me and it ended up with him striking me in the face”
The firefighter was placed on leave during an investigation; the paramedic said he drove her home after a concert and she woke to him performing a sex act on her
A man bleeding from a self-inflicted gunshot wound was left behind after responders said his injuries were “not compatible with life”
Chris and Kelly also talk about a recent officer-involved shooting in Ferguson, Mo. that resulted in the fatality of a teenager
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