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.
Steve Grau, Anna Liotta and Steve Wirth join hosts Rob Lawrence and Chris Cebollero at the American Ambulance Association Annual Conference 2023
Host Rob Lawrence addresses the elephants in the EMS room
Wolfberg and Wirth on how to avoid legal pitfalls
The Riley Boatwright Act is named after a middle school football player who died from injuries during a game last year
William Ivory, 57, took the ambulance for a joyride while the crew transported a patient inside
Officials say the driver of the vehicle that struck the ambulance was arrested after allegedly fleeing the scene
The Wilmington Fire Department plans to buy 60 vests for firefighter-EMTs responding to shooting or stabbing incidents
Fire and EMS leaders reflect on the grim milestone, as 29 fire service and 21 EMS members have died from the virus
Our co-hosts sit down with EMS consultant and teacher Jon Politis, who shares his leadership style and offers advice for leading during the pandemic
EMT Breonna Taylor, 26, who worked as an ER technician for Medical Center Jewish East, was killed in March when police say they were returning fire from her boyfriend
Don’t let the current crisis destroy your previously identified individual goals and departmental priorities
Three ways to maintain balance during difficult times and not exacerbate the problem
Officials say they were falsely assured that the clinic would not be treating a high number of patients at risk of suicide
Authorities say the woman stole the rig from outside an emergency room entrance
The woman was being transported to the hospital after telling police she had injected heroin, officials say
Allegiance Mobile Health EMT Asante Contreras, 20, was killed in a head-on crash with a fugitive fleeing police one day before his last paramedic exam
Look to the factors impacting EMS revenues – logistics, technology and resource matching – to manage deliverables
The man allegedly drove his SUV through the parade that was paying tribute to hospital staff and later crashed during a police chase
A proposed bill would impose a penalty of up to a year in jail and $5,000 in fines for first responders who take unauthorized photos of crime or accident victims
Paramedic Enesha Yurchak, who served as an onsite medical representative at an Amazon warehouse in Oregon, is suing the company after her firing in April
Gov. Andy Beshear removed Shelbyville Paramedic Robbie Smither from the state’s Board of Emergency Medical Services after his comments on an arrest at a grocery store
The fire department and police are seeking information on the driver who hit the front of the ambulance and fled the scene
Through sheer force of will by first responders, healthcare workers and the city as a whole, the COVID-19 battle is winding down, but leaves scars
A violation of the order is a misdemeanor punishable by up to 90 days in jail and a maximum fine of $1,000
Coroner’s office officials used dental records to identify South Park Ambulance District Eric Pracht, whose skeletal remains were discovered on a mountain in Colorado
The agency is suing the Small Business Administration, claiming they were unfairly denied a Payment Protection Program loan to assist them during the pandemic
Many county leaders have refused to sign the nine-page non-disclosure and confidentiality agreement required to obtain address lists for their 911 centers
County officials said they weren’t willing to risk potential penalties for violating the required non-disclosure agreement
“For the first time in my career, the key to keeping my patients and paramedics safe was to keep them isolated”
Funding a system of readiness through telehealth, treatment and alternative destination reimbursement for EMS
Police are conducting a DWI investigation after a pickup truck struck the side of an ambulance responding to a call
Beleaguered EMTs can use self-reflection and distance to escape bad partners or agencies