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.
You’ve got the requisite emergency response training, but do you have the knowledge to survive a lawsuit?
Despite CMS’s comprehensive cost findings, MedPAC’s selective data edits paint a distorted picture — risking the financial future of thousands of ambulance services
In this video, risk management expert Gordon Graham encourages first responders to consider the impact of their time in the fire service
HEMSI stated it will not appeal the decision on the 2019 incident
Captain Jeffrey Little removed the flags from three stations and asked to be exempt from having to raise them
Tyler Wenrich, VP of operations at Emergency Services Solutions Inc. had spent three weeks in prison
Uvalde families file suit against nearly 100 state police officers following a report that listed “cascading failures” in training, communication, leadership and technology problems
Two Catskill EMS employees have resigned after a doorbell video showed their treatment of a patient who had fallen inside an ambulance
A group of EMS advocates are working to enact a passage of reforms called “Rescue EMS” that would make EMS an “essential” service under the law
Kelly Grayson: “Paramedics save lives, EMTs save paramedics"; championing the role of EMTs
Jeff Davis County EMS Chief Peggy Fonseca was escorted out of the courthouse over what she called a “witch hunt” about staffing and leadership
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
In the spirit of today’s theme, we express our heartfelt gratitude to the remarkable members of the EMS community who go beyond the call every shift
Report and commentary from the North Carolina EMS Expo 2024
5 ways to motivate the unmotivated, and to help those floundering to flourish
Zavadsky details the potential changes to the MedStar system and his new position with the PWW Advisory Group
New labor regulations will increase the salary threshold for overtime exemptions – Steve Wirth shares how this impacts EMS roles
The investigation determined the Springfield Township assistant chief did not adequately investigate the incident
An investigation is underway into how the Rockville Volunteer Fire Department had funds stolen during the purchase of ambulances
Investigators determined officers in the ambulance were observers and medics were in charge
Independent pathologist concluded that the bruises on Jameek Lowery’s face, fractures to his fingers were the result of “blunt force trauma”
Easton Emergency Squad officials announced the hiring of 40 news staff, including an operations manager
Stories about patients stealing ambulances are common, so here’s how you can protect your vehicle
Are you genuinely open to changes to the status quo?
DEA proposal would make marijuana a Schedule III drug but not make it legal for recreational use
Cabell County medics were inside a house treating a patient when the man jumped into their rig and drove off
Former paramedic Jeremy Cooper faced up to three years in prison after being found guilty of criminally negligent homicide
Regardless of pushback, providers have a responsibility to put the safety of the patient above all else when on scene
At least 94 people died after they were given sedatives and restrained by police from 2012 through 2021, according to the Associated Press
An AP investigation shows how a strategy intended to reduce violence and save lives has resulted in avoidable deaths
EMT Chastian McWhorter, 26, was killed on April 1 after the ambulance he was in crashed into a semi-truck
Tyler Wenrich, VP of operations at Emergency Services Solutions Inc., was going through a security checkpoint after traveling to Grand Turk on a cruise ship when it was discovered he had ammo
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