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.
A patient was unresponsive after EMS administered sedatives to a postictal seizure patient restrained by police
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Ohio House members added an amendment requiring a minimum 5-year prison sentence when the victim is a firefighter or EMS provider
All public safety agencies will be located in one location for better communication; HPD’s police chief will have the authority to reject security plans
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The firefighters and EMS providers are also seeking damages they say they are owed from having to work desk jobs, which pay less, for 18 months
The single-engine aircraft was ensnared about 100 feet off the ground, and the rescuers used a crane
Nick Theofilis worked for both Penn Hills EMS and White Oak EMS
“I really want to make sure that this never happens to another female because I know how hard it has been,” said EMT Anna Broggi, who is suing
Hingham Fire Chief Steve Murphy said multiple patients were transported, and fire crews were evaluating the structural stability of the building
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One of the new offenses took place while Clifford Heiser was still employed by the Wausau Fire Department
Scott Martin, an Air Force veteran who worked at the Buffalo Fire Department for 12 years, said he uses cannabis to treat PTSD and pain
Crews rushed to move the injured recruits off a live electrical wire downed in the crash and stabilize as many patients as possible
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The company does not admit liability and said it “strongly disputes” allegations that its pharmacies improperly filled prescriptions for the painkillers
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Video shows how officers blocked in the ambulance as the driver pulled into a gas station
If he is found guilty, Robert Marshall could be sentenced to up to 7 years in prison
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Thomas McCauley will be sentenced to 11 years in prison after wounding EMS provider Richard McMahon in an ambulance, prosecutors say
Marco Rico was being held for sentencing after pleading guilty in the murder of Coral Springs firefighter-paramedic Christopher Randazzo
Advocacy, public health and medical specialty organizations signed a nine-page joint letter describing the ambulance bed crisis in a series of stories
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A Rialto captain, an FF-medic and an engineer are contesting disciplinary actions taken against them
Two EMS providers were picking up a Gainesville patient to transport him for treatment when they encountered Darrion Suave Fraley
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