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.
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Driver of ambulance failed to stop at a stop sign, striking a vehicle and causing the ambulance to rollover
The circumstances surrounding the death of firefighter/EMT Chelsea Michalesko are still under investigation
Since a Do Not Resuscitate tattoo is not revocable emergency responders are obligated to initiate resuscitation until a valid DNR is shown
Autopsy reports acute cocaine toxicity, bruises from baton strikes, TASER use, and body weight restraint before cardiac arrest and request for ambulance
Patient was killed after being ejected from Senior Care EMS ambulance that struck a utility pole
The city blames the delay on human error, while the firefighter’s union says it was caused by problems with technology used to identify units closest to emergencies
Fire Chief Daryl Osby said “fewer than 50" employees could be fired or otherwise disciplined for sharing confidential questions on hiring exams
The two waived a departmental hearing on the allegations against them and chose instead to accept punishment
A report by state investigators concluded the “viability of the IV access point” led to difficulty in administering a new lethal drug combination; the inmate died from a heart attack
Supervisors voted to put in place standardized, digital testing procedures after fire and EMS personnel shared confidential exam questions
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The NTSB is determining the best way to get the wreckage from a rural site to a hangar in Dallas after pilot Matt Mathews was killed when the helicopter crashed
Bus swerved across both lanes of the highway before overturning; driver might have had a stroke or heart attack
2 other crew members transported to the hospital; Crash in eastern Oklahoma late Thursday night
The concerned man gave local television station photos of medics; prompting an investigation that the medic may have violated a policy
The husband and wife are believed to have fled the state; two deputies were also arrested and face up to 30 years in prison if convicted
The fire chief apologized to the family and ordered his crews to undergo training on how to deal with combative patients
The files contain patients’ personal information from a defunct ambulance company and the state is investigating how they got there
Photographs of patients, with disrespectful captions, were taken while she should have been caring for patients
Pilot Ronald Scott Rector was about to land at a Mo. hospital to pickup the medical crew when his plane crashed for unknown reasons; an investigation will likely last for several months
Man was fired from EMT job as soon as accusation of stealing patient’s medications, captured on surveillance video, was made
Dr. Brent Meyers to become chief medical officer of Evolution Health, a community paramedic service that makes house calls and provides other preventive medical services
The police are searching for the medics that were both fired 1 week ago for absenteeism
The pilot was about to land at a Mo. hospital to pickup the medical crew; cause of crash under investigation
He was convicted of sexually assaulting a woman in the back of an ambulance during a transport
8 ambulances, buses, and pickup trucks destroyed or damaged; cause of fire is unknown
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