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.
5 actions EMS leaders should take to ensure ketamine is appropriately administered when indicated and documented correctly
Optimism is less a personality trait and more a strategy for how to deal with outside events – and strategies can be learned
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Too often, the “best” paramedic is promoted to supervisor without training in the knowledge, skills and abilities they need to be successful leaders
A total of $9,240 should have been collected from the classes, but only $2,980 was recorded
Don’t let anyone convince you that sloppy techniques and shortcuts are a necessary byproduct of the prehospital environment
The fire chief was placed on leave after an investigation revealed responders may not have proper training to use the equipment
Jet pilot ejected safely and was uninjured; transported back to base by Berkeley County EMS workers
Capnography has revolutionized prehospital patient care and assessment should be part of every EMS system
He responded to a 1 a.m. call for a struggling swimmer and during the incident he drove the ambulance a short distance and hit a parked car
Flight paramedic Dave Repsher is in critical condition and flight nurse Matt Bowe is in fair condition
Early preparation and information gathering will ensure you and your field personnel are ready when the AHA instructional materials are released
The city issued $2.5 million for unpaid overtime dating back to 2004, along with $1.2 million in penalties
The state is investigating allegations that CPR, fire and EMT training records were falsified
A man’s foot was cut at the ankle, through the bone, with a small amount of skin keeping his foot attached to his leg
3-person crew was flying to a camp to teach kids about EMS helicopter operations and had just taken off
One nearby hospital received 20 patients from the incident; at least one child among the injured
Patrick Mahany, 64, was a decorated Vietnam veteran and flew for Flight for Life for 27 years
2 other crew members have non-life threatening injuries from crash that occurred as helicopter departed hospital
A uniformed driver for Falck ambulance is in trouble for driving a student to a school event with the emergency lights on
Paramedic and researcher discusses the dangers and causes of sleep deprivation among EMS providers
Dr. Bryan Bledsoe discusses the need for ‘clinical guidelines,’ and when straying from protocols is acceptable
They were arrested after an FBI investigation revealed they tailed the man from a casino
Dr. Bryan Bledsoe explains that “EMS is not linear” and we need to change the initial training for EMS providers
As we mature as providers, where once we saw rules and absolutes, we begin to see guidelines and nuance
County officials cut about $1.8 million in EMS funding over a three-year period at the beginning of the recession
The female paramedic maintained her professionalism and was physically unharmed despite having to stop the ambulance twice due to the patient’s behavior
Employers who invest in their employees will have a much happier, healthier and more fit staff
A wrongful death suit would have to prove that an infant in cardiac arrest would have lived “but for” the failure of a Detroit EMT to act
The argument started over a custody battle; the police and fire department are investigating the incident
An ambulance company is considering legal action after the governor approved funds for Cooper University Hospital to provide EMS services in Camden county
The woman, eight months pregnant at the time, claims that volunteer firefighters convinced her to submit to a cervical exam and they used dirty gloves
The 37-year-old medic called 911 to report the victim “came at him;" sheriff says incident “was not a random act of violence”
Co-hosts Chris Cebollero and Kelly Grayson discuss whether an EMT who refused to respond to an infant in cardiac arrest should be held criminally liable for the infant’s death.
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