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
A law offers firefighters with some cancers $25,000 each, but Christina Pierson was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer struck before the law took effect
Executive coaching expert Vivian James Rigney recounts what a life-changing experience summiting one of the world’s highest peaks taught him about leadership
It’s OK to have flaws – we all do – but we must be willing to work on them
Communities are trying to answer the question of what they expect and what they are willing to pay for
Patrick Sullivan pleaded guilty in March to charges related to a motorcycle crash that killed Ryan Ferrara
Morgan County EMS says Keenan Blair’s death is being investigated
Austin, Texas, EMTs and paramedics have every right to be frustrated with the city’s salary increase offer
Police continue to investigate and have identified a person of interest
The bus driver was not found to be impaired at the time of the incident and had received adequate rest from the prior day’s shift
Footage from a bystander on scene showed the man refusing to move out of the way of the ambulance and later resisting police officers
Christopher Biggs remains charged with four misdemeanor counts in a large deer poaching case
In this episode of Inside EMS, our cohosts applaud a Kelly Grayson success story in EMT Trentin Monk and discuss NAEMT’s new Political Academy
Cristian Anthony Stern also serves with the Georgia National Guard
An EMS crew had transported Diana M. Corcorran to a hospital after treating her for a suspected overdose
Shoals Ambulance Service crewmembers were transporting Matthew Markley on March 12 when the incident occurred
The Ohio Revised Code had been expanded to let physician assistants and some nurses sign the orders but did not let EMS providers abide by them
Don’t worry, you can still experience elements of the show from afar
While meetings are not typically a fan favorite, they can be productive places to gather and collaborate, if managed well
13 catalytic converters have been stolen from Nurses Heart Paramedics, which can’t afford to repair its ambulances
Much like directors guide actors, leaders can direct members to display positive interactions that reflect well on the department
Joseph Giovannone was being transported in a South Plainfield Rescue Squad ambulance when it hit a railroad bridge
Personnel from the Santa Barbara County Fire Department, the Sheriff’s Office, American Medical Response and other organizations responded
Investigators say that the responder was working in an ambulance at the time and that there may be more victims
In this episode, our co-hosts discuss a recent guilty verdict in the case of a former nurse who made a fatal medication error on the job
RaDonda Vaught, 37, injected the paralyzing drug vecuronium into 75-year-old Charlene Murphey instead of the sedative Versed
A $100M wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against the Rialto FD following medics’ refusal to enter a care facility to treat a man in cardiac arrest
What to monitor, how to track it and how to make meaningful improvements
The settlement money will go to developing programs to help fight addiction
The settlement includes an $84 million donation of Narcan to the state of Florida
