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.
Steve Whitehead shares how to avoid legal action, negligence or malpractice with the golden rule
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Allegations of a coverup lead to disciplinary action within the fire department
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Pittsburgh EMS Chief Amera Gilchrist shares the progressive plan she fervently believes will reduce staffing challenges
Highlands County Fire-Rescue units were initially sent to a report of people burning debris on the side of a road
In closing arguments, Colorado Solicitor General Shannon Stevenson said the Aurora paramedics did not properly assess McClain’s condition
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Prosecutors said the Aurora paramedics did not properly assess McClain and ultimately gave him a significant overdose of ketamine
Wellstar is shifting patients from its East Point clinic to Southside Medical Center and providing financial assistance for that clinic’s expansion
Former Acadian Ambulance Paramedic Samrat Mukherjee was indicted for claiming to be a licensed medical doctor
Aurora paramedics Jeremy Cooper and Lt. Peter Cichuniec each face criminally negligent homicide and other charges
Focusing on observed behavior will help protect both the individuals needing assistance and the officers responding to the situation
Investigators focused on pilot errors involving the vortex ring state during the second training flight of the Mercy Flight helicopter
“In the process of entering the bore, the handgun was attracted to the magnet and fired a single round. The patient received a gunshot wound in the right buttock area,” the adverse event report states
More staff, better leaders needed
The ambulance came to a stop on the lawn right in front of the entrance of the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office
The first university officer arrived within 78 seconds of the gunfire report, and university and city police swarmed the building
The paramedic took a woman to the hospital for a miscarriage, only to be asked to return to the home to look for a deceased infant
The paper emphasizes the need for uniform FBI-compliant biometric criminal history checks for all U.S. EMS practitioner licenses
Yengi R. Lado, 27, was convicted of a felony count of second-degree grand larceny and was ordered to pay $250,000 in restitution
Officials said the Office of Emergency Medical Services is dealing with the deficit due to years of budgeting beyond available resources
University of Nevada shooter who killed 3 was a professor who recently applied for a job, police say
The gunman opened fire at a University of Nevada, Las Vegas building, killing three people and critically wounding a fourth before dying in a shootout with police
Las Vegas police said the shooter has been located and is deceased
People don’t leave bad jobs; they leave bad managers. Are you taking the steps to build relationships with your providers?
There is no substitute for high-context communications and training that occurs between two people, engaging privately, face-to-face
At the time of the incident, a patient was in the back of the ambulance, the Detroit Fire Department said
The man refused treatment after EMS was called to his apartment for injuries he received in a prior motorcycle crash
According to a recent report, 80% of millennial workers say they consider work-life balance when deciding whether to take a job
Anthony Spada, a firefighter and paramedic with the Walla Walla Fire Department, stood trial on child sex crime charges earlier this year, but a mistrial was declared
Everyone must be comfortable speaking up, no matter their rank or years on the job
The 19-year-old medical transport van driver was facing charges of vehicular homicide and failure to maintain a lane
Three Greene County officials were charged with tampering with public records
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