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.
In this episode of Inside EMS, our cohosts applaud a Kelly Grayson success story in EMT Trentin Monk and discuss NAEMT’s new Political Academy
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While meetings are not typically a fan favorite, they can be productive places to gather and collaborate, if managed well
Our concern for personal and partner safety needs to extend from scene safety to off-duty safety from intimate partner violence and abuse
Tesla and government statements say Joshua D. Brown, 40, was killed May 7 in Florida, when his Tesla’s cameras failed to distinguish the white side of a turning tractor-trailer from a brightly lit sky
EMT Ashley Scott, allegedly killed by her husband, will be laid to rest this evening
Brad Reiter will face two to six years for first-degree grand larceny
Patrick Riccardi-O’Connor originally told police that his friend shot himself, but later admitted to accidentally shooting firefighter David Atherton
When a man approached ambulance crew members at the station, the crew notified dispatch
Here are four takeaways from The New York Times investigation into the failed private equity investments and mismanagement of EMS businesses
The service claims the officer pulled them over for no apparent reason, other than to intimidate and threaten
Officials said Ashley Scott’s husband, a part-time EMT, will be charged with her murder
The man watched his wife stumble out the front door to a neighbor’s house as she collapsed in pool of her own blood
Sunday’s incident comes less than two weeks after the woman led police on a chase in a stolen ambulance that went through the city
The LAFD SOBER unit for Skid Row’s frequent users is a good idea, but potential dangers to paramedics cannot be ignored
The man fatally shot a volunteer firefighter as he was responding to an emergency call
Attorneys said the paramedics did not check the woman’s vital signs, connect her to an EKG machine or follow cardiac arrest protocol
One of the agency’s air ambulances crashed in 2013, killing 2 paramedics and 2 officers on board
The Transportation Safety Board board said that the flight crew was not trained and prepared to conduct a night flight
An EMT student told police he had been sexually assaulted and secretly photographed by Barry Barkinsky, a hospital emergency manager and EMT course instructor
Safe Haven founder paramedic Monica Kelsey will create a legal fund to defend women who could face charges from Indiana Department of Child Services
EMS organizations must have a HIPAA policy to direct when and who can provide information about a patient
The video shows the EMTs choosing to continue to wait for their food at a White Castle location instead of answering a call from dispatch
New law to ensure community paramedicine programs protect patients and are staffed with educated and competent paramedics
The new tradition will recognize the contributions of the department’s firefighters, EMTs, and paramedics
The New Jersey hospital-based crew is on unpaid administrative leave pending an investigation into their behavior
EMS chiefs must develop the right competencies and skills in order to thrive in a changing health care landscape
It took 18 minutes for any ambulances to arrive to the scene; it took a paramedic 13 minutes
Utah police arrest the girl’s parents, who called 911 after finding the girl unresponsive, on suspicion of ‘child endangerment’
Officials said a delay in dispatch to a multi-scene accident caused three additional accidents to occur
Michael Morse filed a petition for the pension in 2012, but was denied by the board
A growing population with more chronically ill patients and budget pressures demands all EMS agencies work diligently to provide appropriate services to their community
