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.
Zavadsky details the potential changes to the MedStar system and his new position with the PWW Advisory Group
New labor regulations will increase the salary threshold for overtime exemptions – Steve Wirth shares how this impacts EMS roles
Stories about patients stealing ambulances are common, so here’s how you can protect your vehicle
Crystal Blevins accused the chief and others of inappropriate behavior; Jeffersontown Fire Department said it has taken appropriate action
In this episode, our co-hosts break down bodycam video from the City of Dallas after a patient died while in police custody during a Dallas Fire-Rescue ambulance transport
Under Dr. John Gallagher, 92 employees left the roughly 200-person Sedgwick County EMS, causing ambulance shutdowns and reduced response times
We need our legislators to enact laws that focus on the real issues of reimbursement, enabling ET3 and recognizing EMS as an essential service
A Dallas Fire-Rescue spokesperson said the paramedics were placed on administrative leave before the police department released body cam video
Conrad John Sunde IV works for the Duluth Fire Department; state and federal boards will determine whether his licenses should be suspended or revoked
How to apply for grant funding for naloxone and opioid-reversal interventions and more
With two felony convictions each, the two plaintiffs also cannot serve in many fire departments
An attending doctor said the crash likely did not contribute to the patient’s death at Skokie Hospital
“Caroline’s Law” was first introduced after an EMT posted a murder victim’s photo to Facebook in 2009
Governor signs bill prohibiting Arizona’s EMTs from persuading patients into not going to hospital
The police department released body camera video of the interaction with LaDamonyon Dewayne Hall
No one was hurt in the incident, and the ambulance was found afterward
Know the four EQ skills that can help build your awareness and empathy
Police are looking for the person who got into the parked rig as providers were responding to a call
Northern Lancaster County Regional Police said the first responders were trying to assist her
Olympia Assistant Fire Chief Mike Buchanan explained that decreasing availability of private providers for BLS calls results in increased on-scene times
“Do you want a headbutt?” EMT Nicholas McGowan asked, according to court documents
From issues of trust, conflict and commitment to accountability avoidance and inattention, dysfunction can render a team utterly ineffective
Polk County Fire Rescue members had restrained the 67-year-old disabled patient on a gurney when Matthew Mullins struck him, police say
East Ridge police said they saw James Robert Bennett assault a man who was overdosing on opioids; Bennett says it was a painful stimuli test
Jose Gonzalez is accused of running her over with an ambulance in 2017
Bushkill Emergency Medical Services employees said they left the ambulance parked when they took a patient into Lehigh Valley Hospital-Pocono
Jordan Shelley had car trouble and was standing outside his vehicle when another vehicle crashed into his and pushed it, hitting Shelley and knocking him off the bridge and into water
Another gym member found Dolores Boschert at about 2:50 a.m., tried to perform first aid and called for help
Sabria Phillips claims that Richland County Emergency Medical Service, dispatchers and the sheriff’s department were ill-equipped to respond
The association is also accepting nominations for ethics committee members and honorary members
“Sadly, this isn’t the last time we will see these headlines, but for us, today, put the tourniquet away and focus on the heart and soul of those in our charge.”
Hall County Fire Rescue members stepped out of the man’s home and waited in their vehicles for police to arrive
