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.
It’s OK to have flaws – we all do – but we must be willing to work on them
Communities are trying to answer the question of what they expect and what they are willing to pay for
Austin, Texas, EMTs and paramedics have every right to be frustrated with the city’s salary increase offer
A former employee was awarded over $700,000 after being wrongfully terminated for complaining the company violated state regulations
Faced with EMT shortages, an Ill. county has opened its borders for other ambulance companies to provide service
Four Okla. air ambulance agencies have been sued for overcharging for aeromedical services
Social media comments made in haste and frustration are causing public safety personnel to lose their jobs and the community’s trust
The 57-year-old is accused of sexually assaulting a woman in the back of an ambulance
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EMS workers took unauthorized photos of elderly and unconscious patients in the ambulance
EMS leaders at Pinnacle conference head specific recommendations to improve prehospital care from the Promoting Innovation in EMS project co-leader
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EMS leaders at Pinnacle conference learn how appreciative inquiry identifies and improves the positive attributes that exist within themselves and their teams
The teen, diagnosed with schizophrenia, struck man with a brick and then stole an ambulance, which she later crashed
A total of 7 local first responders have been fired regarding their questionable Black Lives Matter social media posts
The vehicle was stolen while Dallas Fire Rescue was dealing with a crash involving a pedestrian
Destiny McNeil is charged with stealing an ambulance and leading police on a chase in 2015
The wife of a Florida paramedic reported the theft and believed the medications were intended to poison her
The infant’s parents refuse to allow tests to be conducted to deduce if she is brain dead
Proposal expands definition of a hate crime to police, but inclusion of EMTs and firefighters is unclear
A firefighter wrote Black Lives Matters protesters blocking the interstate “WILL get run over!”
The suit, which spawned a four-year court battle, came after two paramedics delayed proper treatment of a 76-year-old woman in cardiac arrest
Firefighter Tim McClanahan, 46, was cared for by the flight paramedic after he fell during a training exercise
Chris Cebollero and Greg Friese, MS, NRP, discuss EMS MCI response lessons learned from protests turned violent in Ferguson and Dallas
Here are the five EMS documentation mistakes that deny patients coverage they deserve and EMS agencies fair compensation for their services
Having an engaged, committed workforce is the best way to improve patient care
The EMT jumped out of the moving vehicle unharmed
Immersion in cynicism takes a toll on the mind, body and spirit and those who sense their values slipping to often get off the ambulance and onto a fire company
‘Truly colossal’ quantities of cocaine, heroin and ecstasy were found in the fake ambulances
Police suspect illegal fireworks explosion responsible for girl’s hand amputation and blast injuries to her face
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