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.
The whole-system approach to protecting your personnel from violence
How a hybrid paid/volunteer emergency service model can provide the best care
It may feel counterintuitive at times, but achieving trust starts by showing unilateral respect to everyone, even when you disagree
Las Vegas police are investigating after the EMS provider said he was shoved to the ground by a man who said “Jews are not going to exist anymore”
Former Belen Fire Chief Bret Ruff said he had put the transfer of his license from Nevada to New Mexico “on the back burner”
Video shows the EMT throwing the man to the ground after reportedly being punched by him
EMS, fire and police representatives testified before the committee saying ketamine is important for first responders’ safety
The HIPAA workplace poster can be posted at EMS stations to remind providers of key do’s and don’ts
Officials said the suspect, an employee at the rail yard, had also died
EMS providers reported several encounters with the suspect, including one in which he was allegedly carrying a firearm
Other bills still up for consideration include one increasing penalties for assaulting first responders and one that aims for more police accountability
Greenville County Sheriff’s officials say there was a young child in the truck where the woman was reportedly passed out
A forensic analyst found more than 5,200 images and nearly 1,600 videos of child sexual abuse on the tablet
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said the bill would create conflicts of interest in chain of command and budgetary oversight
The family of the man who died in 2016 claims fire department personnel prematurely terminated lifesaving efforts and made false statements
The former Cambria County dispatcher, who is white and the mother of a biracial child, alleges she was fired for reporting harassment
Firefighters needed to break the ambulance windshield to free the two American Medical Response EMTs
The suspect accused of killing Care Ambulance Paramedic David Mimm was initially charged with the lower-level felony of manslaughter
An EMS Week thank you to the dreamers and disrupters who have and will continue to improve our profession
“Every arm counts:” 4 ways to encourage more people in your community to get vaccinated
Develop clear parameters with these roles for mentors, mentees and managers
An off-duty Reading Fire Department paramedic spotted the ambulance and followed it until state police arrived, officials said
Police said the paramedic was rendering aid to the man after he intentionally struck his head on the partition of a patrol vehicle
The archive of more than 100 of Stout’s articles and essays was funded through a partnership between FirstWatch and AIMHI
Mayor Lori Lightfoot chose Acting Commissioner Annette Nance-Holt to be the first woman to head the Chicago Fire Department
Police said several dozen shots were fired and three patients were “maybe critical”
An upgraded charge was filed due to the suspect’s supervisory role over the EMT
The suspect is accused of pointing the officer’s own gun at him and pulling the trigger
Several witnesses said they saw the woman traveling in the wrong lane and tried to warn her to no avail
The bill would carry a minimum mandatory sentence of 30 years for killing federally funded law enforcement members, firefighters and EMS providers
Why administration of normal saline off-duty constitutes possession and delivery of a controlled substance
