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.
Responders are taught about “command presence,” but what about the “quiet presence” that comes with empathy?
In this episode, our co-hosts break down bodycam video from the City of Dallas after a patient died while in police custody during a Dallas Fire-Rescue ambulance transport
We need our legislators to enact laws that focus on the real issues of reimbursement, enabling ET3 and recognizing EMS as an essential service
The parents of Jake Anderson, 19, allege first responders declared their son dead before properly evaluating and transporting him to a hospital
To combat package theft during the holiday season, the agency has offered to have community members have their packages delivered to their station
The suit was filed in 2012 by dozens of women who said they were subjected to strength tests that were not “‘job related’ for the firefighter/EMT position
Before police arrived, Mark Anthony Hicks is heard telling a 911 dispatcher that he “just killed somebody” and he says “I’m so sorry”
After the director of the towns’ ambulance service was charged with embezzlement, municipalities are reconsidering how they want to handle finances
The report stated that Glen Chappell, 67, was driving nearly twice the speed limit when he crashed the bus
A report released in November claimed that Ottawa Paramedic Services has an “ongoing and systemic dispatching problem”
Officials said the ambulance veered off the road into a water-filled ditch and struck some trees
Develop these five habits to greatly improve your business-writing skills
Improvement science helps leaders understand why there are changes in performance
We can both benefit from, and provide benefits to, the overall health of our community through public health partnerships
Unless EMS leaders can explain “why” to the millennial workforce, any quality improvement process is doomed
Conn. judge and jury find that Good Samaritan immunity protects paramedics, not employers
Knowing your personnel and being approachable will allow ideas and improvements to come from all members of the EMS organization
EMS leaders can better understand the types of employees in their agency by assessing the level of engagement and commitment
When the dispatcher asked Freddie Green, 42, if his father was conscious, he stated that he was dead
Dr. Stanley Phillips III died from his injuries after the ambulance he was in crashed July 10, 2013
The conductor and engineer killed in the crash were likely sleeping in their southbound train as it sped through a stop signal and hit a northbound train
Dr. Randall Cornateanu was driving home when he saw Daniel Wesley and others injured at the scene
Steven M. Marsh, 26, was charged with making terroristic threats, disorderly conduct and harassment, simple assault and public drunkenness
EMS personnel were taking a patient into a medical center when the ambulance was stolen
A valid physical ability test specific to EMS is an important step to reduce on-the-job injuries and positively change organization cultures
The university’s alert emergency texting service quickly put out a message urging students, faculty and employees to stay away from the area
The board reported the plane made an abrupt left turn after takeoff and failed to ascend into the air
The parents of the 11-month-old boy allege medical professionals failed to diagnose a condition that led to septic shock
Dispatcher Kyle Proctor realized the call was no joke after he heard the children’s grandmother screaming in the background
The Welsh ambulance service is the only one that is hitting its targets to respond to life-threatening calls
Cost-effective and high-quality EMS systems are possible if we first move on from the tradition-laden constraints of EMS dogma
Sean Dornin has been criminally charged with stalking, indecent assault, harassment and disorderly conduct
After a near two-hour standoff, the intruders set the home on fire and attempted to escape, leaving the two children inside
