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.
Zavadsky details the potential changes to the MedStar system and his new position with the PWW Advisory Group
New labor regulations will increase the salary threshold for overtime exemptions – Steve Wirth shares how this impacts EMS roles
Stories about patients stealing ambulances are common, so here’s how you can protect your vehicle
Performance improvement expert David M. Williams, PhD, shares how to find and deploy meaningful benchmarks that contribute to overall system improvement
A Syracuse crew was inside a home treating a patient when AMR employees saw the truck leaving; dispatchers tracked the stolen vehicle by using its GPS
3,213 EMS providers speak up about job satisfaction, effective leadership, safety and innovation in the EMS Trend Survey
Greene County managers were charged with tampering with public records, tampering with or fabricating evidence and obstruction
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EMT Lekia Smith, who was not charged and was treated for minor injuries, has released a statement and hired a lawyer
Judge Priscilla Loew found sufficient evidence in the death of the 23-year-old Black man to proceed with the first responders’ criminal trials
Investigators are expected to take weeks to find the cause of the crash that killed a Bernalillo County FF-medic and sheriff’s office employees
The investigator’s car was parked in a Strong Memorial bay when a Monroe Ambulance employee hit it as she opened her door to unload a patient
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A suspect was captured on video stabbing the two victims before bystanders restrained her
Boyd County Sheriff’s Office deputies said that the NetCare employee who had been driving the ambulance kept changing his story
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The retiring superintendent discusses leadership, partnership, cooperation and interoperability
Dispatcher Leon Price repeatedly asked the daughter of Diania Kronk whether Kronk would be willing to be transported; she died a day later
When a paramedic attempted to steady the patient, Antwanisha Jones reportedly grabbed the provider’s throat and refused to let go
Dr. John S. Karduck, “Doc,” also served as medical director for more than 30 agencies
The National EMS Advisory Council offers updates on EMS issues from roadway safety to ET3 and COVID response
The role of the leader is to bear witness – to the critical and the mundane – to lighten the load
How my first agency took a young, under-confident, naïve paramedic and made me a clinician
Polk County continues to deny Christina Pierson a $25,000 benefit offered by the state
The public shouldn’t have to roll the dice about their emergency services, wondering who’s going to show up
A crew from the Harvard Fire Protection District were responding to a psychiatric call from the police
Leaders discuss operational survival in the face of EMS challenges
The companies blamed doctors and federal agents; county plaintiffs had sought more than $2.5 billion to go toward abatement efforts
An EMT who spoke Spanish helped put the man at ease during the multi-agency rescue, police said
Kelly D. Titchenell said her mother, Diana L. Kronk, 56, was jaundiced, incoherent and bleeding, but EMS providers were not told to respond
Phillip Shane Bradford avoided being caught for six days and was taken into custody with three other people
Franklin County Prosecutor Shawn Sant determined that responders acted appropriately with Werner Anderson, including the administration of ketamine
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