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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Taney County Ambulance District Chief Darryl Coontz discusses the department’s approach to staffing and how they avoid retention issues
The suspects who fired into the crowded backyard are still unknown and at large, police say
Coral Springs Fire Department Firefighter-Paramedic Christopher Randazzo was shot and killed in an apparent robbery in October
The woman’s family said they realized the $8,000 ring was missing when she was pronounced dead and the suspect walked away from them when they asked about it
The 19-year-old Michigan man reportedly called 911 for assistance while having a bad reaction to acid, then became aggressive with first responders
Police say the 38-year-old Bronx woman averaged 100 false alarms per day that emergency personnel were forced to respond to
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The man was reportedly loitering around Hoboken University Medical Center when he entered the empty ambulance and attempted to start it
The Detroit Fire Department said an ambulance was badly damaged after it was stolen and crashed on the same day a Detroit fire truck was also involved in a crash
The center also agreed to take substantial corrective action after protected health information was disclosed in separate 2013 and 2017 breaches
An ambulance with its lights and sirens on was hit by a driver with a revoked license who ran a stop sign, according to police
The group, which has more than 23,000 members and contains disturbing material, was created by a paramedic
Family members of Lorenzo Sanchez, who suffers from schizophrenia, depression and bipolar disorder, were concerned he might hurt himself or that he overdosed
Police found an open bottle of wine in the floorboard of Dontre Doxley’s pickup truck
Dustin Shane Cowart told police he was having difficulty sitting still because he thought someone was trying to kill him
The lawsuit claims an Air Methods helicopter went on 51 flights after the company was notified by the FAA that the copter’s pitot tubes were “severely corroded”
The move would shed light on decisions that have kept the public mostly in the dark about ambulance service
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Records showed a 34-minute delay after a caller tried to get help after someone shot out her car’s windshield
Police said Thomas Launderville slurred his words during a radio call as he was driving a patient to the hospital
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Coral Springs firefighter-paramedic Christopher Randazzo was shot dead after refusing to unlock his iPhone
The proposal comes after the Uhrichsville Fire Department put in a competing offer to provide either EMS service or fire and EMS service to the same area
Christoper Edwards was charged with kidnapping a man who later escaped and stole an ambulance
When crews arrived on scene, Caycey Donivan Douglass Dicks became irate and began yelling at responders
Police said the slaying followed an incident hours earlier at a motel in a nearby town
This unfortunate incident is an opportunity to educate law enforcement partners on things like patient restraint, scene safety and policy
More than 2,500 EMTs and paramedics signed onto the lawsuit, which claimed the city never paid them for the half-hour of prep work per shift
Police said the three suspects fled the scene of an attempted homicide in a different county prior to murdering Christopher Allen Randazzo in Broward County
A complaint filed last week says Crystle Galloway died “because of the negligence of four paramedics who failed to properly treat her”
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