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.
You have a key role here, Chief, in promoting the next generation of leaders to enforce the rules you have put in place
In a crossover post, Behavioral Psychologist Dr. Denise Dudley joins host Chris Cebollero to discuss corrective feedback for managing different personality types
With over 1.5 million listens, the Inside EMS podcast, featuring Chris Cebollero and Kelly Grayson, is a fan favorite delivering the word on the EMS street
Leave us your comments on this premiere episode and ideas on what you would like to hear in future episodes
The employee was fired, and there’s an ongoing police investigation into voyeurism in the area
The county has proposed cutting about $2.3 million over the next three years, freezing payments to 18 fire departments and eventually caping EMS budget increases
He apologized in court to a former employee for nearly five years of racial slurs he made at work
Whether you own one ambulance or 1,000, EMS agencies should aim for high quality while using the least amount of resources
He’s faces possible jail time for stealing more than $1,500 of fentanyl and morphine between August 2012 and August 2013 while working as an ambulance medic
Rumors spread that he authorized an MCI vehicle to shuttle guests to and from a fire chief’s wedding
A single outburst can destroy your credibility and ruin your ability to lead, so learn to stay in control
Defunct DEMSI owes its employees a total of $48K, and a court ruled they will receive the past-due wages
He made the 27-year-old walk to the ambulance and his injuries, which included a broken back, 12 broken ribs and brain damage were not discovered until arriving at the hospital
Richard Newman, 38, was seriously burned when the helicopter crashed and caught fire; he’s in the ICU with burns covering nearly 20 percent of his body
The aim is to give the 26 agencies a tool to track their money in wake of financial troubles and theft
Lt. Kellene Davis is at the center of the investigation when, despite cries for help, nobody responded when Cecil Mills collapsed and died across the street from the firehouse
Emergency medical personnel, state and local police, and firefighters would be able to file claims for mental-health counseling following post-traumatic stress diagnoses by board-certified psychiatrists or psychologists
The chief pleaded guilty to stealing nine small vials of Diazepam after he was caught on camera taking the drugs from an ambulance
Alamo will go to trial in May after the provider filed a restraining order and lawsuit against the city, blocking attempts to end their contract over slow response times
Concentration levels in the soil were up to 20 percent in some spots, when they should be at zero
2 EMTs in the back were injured after he jumped into the front seat of a parked ambulance and drove erratically before crashing into a building
He’s been charged with four counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct, and resigned after he was taken to jail
Firearms, jewelry, electronics and cash found in search of his home; police say after someone was take to the hospital he would go back and steal items
He was arrested during Operation Broken Heart, which resulted in charges against 14 men from across north Georgia who intended to meet a child for sex
911 calls are so diverse that lawmakers struggle with how to categorize EMS issues when it comes to policy initiatives; it’s up to us to educate them
Poor supervisors wait for people to fail to meet expectations and then they point out the failure
He pleaded guilty to recording at least 10 children performing sex acts and was sentenced to 15 1/2 years in prison
The part-time medic was the target of a weeklong narcotics investigation, and was arrested on a drug felony charge
He is accused of embezzling more than $20,000 from the company, and faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted
The 29-year-old says he’ll continue to shoot videos of public safety workers and save them in “the cloud” so they can’t be erased
An appeal has been filed against claims of ‘a pattern of unprofessional conduct, discourtesy and lack of respect for his co-workers’
A repercussion of this fraud will be extra scrutiny and delayed claims on those with legitimate problems related to 9/11
