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.
Kelly Grayson: “Paramedics save lives, EMTs save paramedics"; championing the role of EMTs
Learn how ATCEMS identified EMS training goals and implemented an assault reporting function to protect providers from violence
A Maryland paramedic recounts a patient assault, and the emergency services director and police chief detail legal options
City administrators in Miami County are concerned about increased staffing and cost issues in EMS and fire operations
Our co-hosts are joined by the executive director to discuss what systems will look like in the future, and how we should think about the role of providers
“I definitely am not a racist,” said Shannon Worrell, who led the Lake Waccamaw Fire and Rescue Auxiliary, also defending his remark to a same-sex couple
A focus on injury prevention, psychological first aid and financial solvency has big implications for health, happiness and finances
As the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office investigates, Monroe County Fire Chief Steve Hudson said Trauma Star’s service would not be harmed
Shannon Worrell has been accused of expressing racist and homophobic sentiments at a restaurant
The paramedics and current or recent members of the fire prevention division said bias against Black women has affected their pay and opportunities
They are certainly worth saving, but EMS needs to stop sounding the alarm and look for internal solutions
The White Marsh Volunteer Fire Company said the patient was transferred to another ambulance
Bryant McGowan became medically distressed, was treated on-site by a paramedic and was transported to Huntsville Hospital
Video: A Pharr EMS ambulance was stolen earlier this month while EMS providers were taking a patient into Mission Hospital
Authorities determined that the EMS provider who was driving the Gold Cross ambulance was responsible
Steve Grau; Brett Lyle; Scott Moore, JD, MBA; and Mike Poynter share strategies to compete for caregivers in a post-pandemic world
Lt. Rich Michelson alleges discrimination, a lack of due process and that a faulty misconduct claim was used to fire him
The Hawkins County EMS employee was transported to a hospital
The winners include Niagara EMS, Dr. Veer Vithalani, Matt Zavadsky and others
Gabriel Watson said his job was “constructively terminated;” Portland officials said he was laid off after he blacked out on duty and refused to take a fitness test
Michael Levin, an entrepreneur and motivational speaker, encouraged Pinnacle EMS attendees to embrace an entrepreneurial workplace that creates powerful positive change
Performance improvement expert David M. Williams, PhD, shares how to find and deploy meaningful benchmarks that contribute to overall system improvement
A Syracuse crew was inside a home treating a patient when AMR employees saw the truck leaving; dispatchers tracked the stolen vehicle by using its GPS
3,213 EMS providers speak up about job satisfaction, effective leadership, safety and innovation in the EMS Trend Survey
Greene County managers were charged with tampering with public records, tampering with or fabricating evidence and obstruction
If you’re one of the people actively working on an exit strategy, there are some important things to consider before you tap out
Branding, hiring and creating an immersive experience: Lessons from Disney with Matt Zavadsky
EMT Lekia Smith, who was not charged and was treated for minor injuries, has released a statement and hired a lawyer
Judge Priscilla Loew found sufficient evidence in the death of the 23-year-old Black man to proceed with the first responders’ criminal trials
Investigators are expected to take weeks to find the cause of the crash that killed a Bernalillo County FF-medic and sheriff’s office employees
The investigator’s car was parked in a Strong Memorial bay when a Monroe Ambulance employee hit it as she opened her door to unload a patient
In his new book, he says the key ideas are the team, improving testing, speeding vaccine and treatment development, and shoring up health systems
