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.
AmbuServe’s Melissa Harris discusses EMS staffing and leadership challenges
The NREMT Chair gives a behind-the-scenes look at the comment period and talks transparency
Do you want someone that is tired and angry on the front lines representing your department?
Kentucky is the second state to adopt the classification for its first responders
Zachary Motta, 22, was accused of coercing a 12-year-old boy online
Firefighter Matthew Sanchez allegedly said to the caller, “I don’t have to deal with this, you deal with it”
Public policy debate, reduced access to prescription narcotics and societal desire to make real change are needed to confront the deadly opioid epidemic
Douglas Adkins said no new method has been adopted and responders will continue to render aid
The legislation was created after residents complained of bills for tens of thousands of dollars for medical flights
The street pill disguised as the painkiller Percocet could be linked to the deaths of as many as four people
David Cook tried to drive the ambulance out of a Wal-Mart parking lot
Christopher Barlow, 20, was armed with a handgun and double-edged knife when he was arrested
A proposal to withhold treatment from opioid overdose patients shows the epidemic’s continuing stress on EMS providers and its strain on municipal budgets
Fire-Rescue International conference speakers discuss the magnitude of the epidemic and the challenges it presents for the fire and EMS service
State park officials gave no response to their request for assistance in funding an ambulance service at Hampton Beach
The county is fighting with the agency over services like out-of-county patient transports
If an overdose victim has not performed community service on their third overdose, then responders would not be dispatched to the call
The EMS1 Advisory Board reacts to second-degree homicide charges brought against EMT Crystin Keys after a fatal ambulance crash
Our co-hosts talk about changing the tradition of not allowing EMS providers to get a lunch break and allowing them some downtime within their shift
The city is on track to spend $100,000 on naloxone in 2017, despite a budget of $10,000
Scrivani Norman Louis was arrested after police deployed spike strips to stop the ambulance
Christopher Felix, who’s also a member of the Hells Angels, allegedly slashed the tire after the truck double parked near the group’s clubhouse
Crystin Keys surrendered to authorities; she faces a second-degree homicide by vehicle charge
Zachary Myers agreed to let Juanee Crawford plead guilty to aggravated assault instead of attempted homicide
Angie Jarrett was given the award because of her “service to patients, leadership and spirit of collaboration with fellow staff members”
A warrant has been issued for Crystin Keys on charges of vehicular homicide and failure to maintain lane
California legislators need to hear from the state’s 75,000 EMS providers in support of, or opposed to the EMS Workers Bill of Rights
The report discusses the impact of emergency lights and sirens on response times, safety and patient outcomes
The “Lives Before Lunch” campaign’s purpose is to highlight the dangers of the bill and urge legislators to vote “no”
The man is suing the city, the fire department and responding paramedics for unspecified damages
A primary funding source derived from a $4 fee on traffic tickets is set to expire
Police said they found two cans of Redd’s Wicked Apple Ale in the front seat of his car
Authorities said Genero Ajqui was drunk when he crashed into an ambulance and killed Lahiri Garcia and Paul Besaw