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.
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The dispatcher said what she was seeing on video looked “different,” and she didn’t care if the call made her look like a “snitch”
The man also allegedly threatened EMTs and assaulted a sheriff’s deputy
The paramedics said the patient threatened and lunged at them, leading them to flee to a nearby home
Police are searching for the woman they say stole the Anne Arundel County rig and crashed it into another vehicle before fleeing
Matthew Kronyak, a former member of Carlstadt’s volunteer Board of Health, was removed after posting “racist” and “threatening” comments, the borough said in a statement
Houston Fire Department EMTs were inside a hospital when the rig was stolen
Scott Mel Bahner, the former chief of Bucks County Rescue Squad, will spend six to 23 months in county prison
The man who allegedly carried three explosive devices into Stony Brook University was apprehended after the EMT reported him to hospital security
Dontorrius Jaquez Belser was charged in the crash that killed Care Ambulance Paramedic David Mimm
The suit alleges a man died after paramedics failed to treat or transport him
An EMT and three paramedics allege they were subjected to retaliation after speaking out about COVID-19 concerns
Police said they found Matthew T. Perry, 31, chasing the ambulance crew around with his arm bleeding after punching out the windows with his bare hands
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EMS leaders in several cities described challenges with equipment, communications and staff fatigue
Chad Wessels, 48, the former treasurer of George EMS in Iowa, was ordered to pay more than $26,000 in restitution to the agency
The patient was receiving CPR en route to the hospital when the crash occurred
The man is also accused of ramming his car into a smoke shop earlier to steal the nitrous oxide cartridges
The ACLU and other critics have raised privacy concerns about the sharing of patients’ names and addresses public safety agencies
A former Blue Ridge County Rescue Squad captain told police a volunteer told him she was assaulted by Cory Bensen in 2012 but it was never formally reported
The vehicles were helping block the road during a protest outside Austin Police Department headquarters
Police say the man got into the ambulance while paramedics were trying to load the patient into the back
Kevin Ackley, 22, was fired from Richland County Emergency Services after authorities said he incited rioting as part of a group known as the Boogaloos
Robert Lukens was terminated from Mobile Life Support Services after using the N-word while referring to looters
When you become an EMS provider, you agree to act and serve to the best of your abilities to meet the expectations of your community and uphold an ethical code
Activists are calling for the arrests of the officers involved in the fatal shooting of Kentucky EMT and ER Technician Breonna Taylor, who would have turned 27 on Friday
According to testimony, William Michael Fields Jr., 37, a former constable and firefighter, made five illegal videos at an emergency medical training facility
Oxford EMS interim Director Tom Dixon says the agency could struggle to provide services in the future if action is not taken to fund it
Hamilton Fire Department EMS Coordinator Mark Mignery is the first EMS coordinator in the state to receive the designation
The woman was found hiding in a closet in her home after dozens of rescue personnel searched for her
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