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.
An Alabama recruit school is under investigation after video emerges of a staged EMS response in a bathroom
The patient care report needs to clearly and consistently demonstrate that patients received good patient care
Be thorough, timely and proofread your PCRs to ensure your treatments and professionalism won’t be called into question
Why right-sizing EMS response is crucial to increasing pay and improving work-life balance
The rescue of four people who survived took hours and involved helicopters and firefighters rappelling down the cliffside
“I feel great about the opportunity to serve New York City in this way,” said Michael Fields, former deputy assistant chief of EMS Operations
Our co-hosts recount the EMS stories that generated the most debate on the podcast during the year; do you agree with their conclusions?
Lisa Sillins, 55, was crossing the street to the employee parking lot when she was struck by a driver reportedly under the influence
“He spun back around and shoved Fire Chief Larry Fisher in the chest causing him to go backwards into the ambulance door,” a Merrimac Police Officer said
Davenport leaders have decided to back a plan to bring nonprofit MEDIC under the county’s umbrella
Both extrinsic and intrinsic motivation are critical for keeping team members involved and prepared for the challenges they face
Frustrated EMS providers described a chaotic scene and said they were uncertain who was in charge, where they should be and how many victims to expect
The Hammond Fire Department has made an average of 15 runs per day to the hospital’s emergency room in the last five years
Christopher Biggs, now working as a paramedic with Keyser EMS, was permitted to work as long as he coordinates his schedule with home confinement officials
“If he never learned the consequences of spitting in a grown man’s face, then consider my actions a public education,” the firefighter told Telemundo
The EMT said the patient punched and kicked her, leading to his arrest; his family claims his movements were injury symptoms
What we can learn about retention from EMS rising stars
With sufficient sign-ons from states, local governments would also be able to sign on to get shares
In his letter, Doug Dick, Superior Ambulance’s leader, threatened to add charges for calls and to stop responding in towns that do not pay more
Doug Wolfberg raises concerns about New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ mental health directive
“EMS providers are effectively being required to intervene and transport persons merely because they are homeless and apparently mentally ill”
But House and Senate members may work together to alter the legislation prompted by a Cleveland firefighter’s death
The survivors have claims worth more than $10 million, attorneys for the families said
The city failed an audit and was left with about 800 claims on hold dating back up to five months, according to an internal investigation
Pa. police stopped the stolen rig more than 20 miles away
Fire crews from multiple counties fought the Marengo fire, and ambulance crews transported five people to a medical center
“She has broken multiple glass ceilings in her career,” Commissioner Laura Kavanagh said, praising Lillian Bonsignore for her leadership through hard times
The leadership development workshop will include take-home strategies
Social security numbers and other information belonging to at least 100,000 people was taken, according to court documents
Rowan County EMS treated the three wounded first responders on site
Hamden Mayor Lauren Garrett said wants to be sure company changes and that she asked the fire chief to tell members to speak up if they witness misconduct
The report, compiled by the fire department’s internal Board of Inquiry, addresses the Jan. 24 rowhouse fire in which three city firefighters were killed
LAFD transported seven of them to pediatric medical centers
