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.
Qualified immunity protection varies from state to state. Do you know yours?
There is a lot to learn from the Page, Wolfberg and Wirth examination of hospital bed delays and the rights of EMS to return to service
How Austin Travis County EMS is publicly selecting its next EMS chief – How would you fare?
Chris and Kelly answer questions from our listeners about immobilization and leadership
The plaintiff accused the two EMTs of hitting him while he was having a seizure
The best EMS organizations follow these four steps to continually improve personal and organizational performance
The EMT was arrested after stealing from an undercover officer posing as a patient
A policy on employee personal use of company disposable supplies is an important initial step to theft prevention
Flight nurse Chad Frary, 38, and pilot David Schneider, 51, were killed; paramedic Derek Boehm, 38, was seriously injured
Here’s why locking the ambulance should be a policy for every agency and a habit for every EMS provider, like wearing a seatbelt
The plan includes collecting smaller amounts from poorer patients and using a collections agency to pursue out-of-state debtors
The near-crash of an air ambulance that resulted in the dismissal of two pilots was more serious than first thought
Here are some of the most inappropriate uses of ambulances in 2015
Contra Costa Fire Protection District chose to partner with AMR for EMS services over investing in EMS ownership
The ambulance suddenly veered off the road; the crash is under investigation
The Queensland Ambulance Service photos of the injured medic and its call for the public to denounce violence have gone viral
The Investigation also raised questions about the ambulance company involved in the crash
The 21-year-old was arrested after a police dog was used to track a man seen running from the scene
Our editors’ picks for the most significant EMS stories of the year
The sign, posted when the city took the station’s ambulance out of service temporarily, led area residents to believe the entire station had been shut down
Thanks to AVLs and DriveCams, police were able to locate a stolen ambulance and identify the perpetrator
The law makes it a felony to physically attack EMTs or paramedics, no matter what the intent
A judge found that Grant Taylor is competent and has a history of mental illness
Co-hosts Chris and Kelly discuss the week’s news, including that of a man calling an Uber after getting shot
A positive approach to conflict can improve team synergy, cohesion and idea generation
A DC Fire and EMS medic was suspended in 2013 after the ambulance assigned to the president ran out of gas
The EMT allegedly twice raped his coworker after the woman asked him to donate his semen for her
The lawsuit says employees of Mobile Medical Response showed gross negligence by failing to see the man
William Hamilton Getzendaner’s charge was changed from a third-degree felony to a first-degree felony for tampering with a witness
The settlement is believed to be the nation’s first to hold a medical institution, rather than a transportation company, accountable for ambulance-swapping arrangements
Kelly Adams testified in court about the attack that left one side of her face paralyzed
The patient, who was in respiratory distress, was transported to a hospital after another ambulance was called
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