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.
Don’t feel you always have to catch the “test ball” and take things personally
While not a legal requirement like for police officers, firefighters and paramedics may witness inappropriate behavior in the field that necessitates intervention
Takeaways from Dr. Tan and Chief Wylie on training and communicating to deploy rescue task forces, unified command and casualty collection points
Acute Care Ambulance Services says it is at risk of closing after payments were suspended due to an allegation of fraud
Police said the driver of the other vehicle ran a red light, hit the ambulance and then fled the scene on foot
The Department of Justice said at least one U.S. customer seeking to purchase PPE for fire departments, hospitals and nursing homes was offered 100,000 N95 masks
Officials say the alleged actions of Sloatsburg Volunteer Ambulance Corps Capt. Matthew Gannon, 53, contributed to the agency’s closing
We must address public safety personnel who lie, cheat, steal, perjure, beat, molest, assault, falsify, embezzle and do otherwise bad things
Police said the ambulance was running and unlocked outside of a nursing home before it was stolen
The family of Elijah McClain filed a federal lawsuit saying paramedics should not have administered ketamine or used such a large dosage
Lakeland Emergency Squad EMT and Warren County 911 Director Eskil Scott Danielson suffered a heart attack after saving his daughter in 2016
The woman reportedly charged at a paramedic with the machete before fleeing
The patient reportedly spilled out of the stretcher and struck their head while being loaded into an ambulance
EMTs said the man’s actions forced them to leave the scene for their safety
William V. Watson was ordered to serve one year in prison after being convicted of involuntary manslaughter
House Bill 838 creates a new crime: bias-motivated intimidation, which would apply to the death or serious injury of a firefighter, EMT or police officer
4 simple questions to improve first responder family relationships
NEMSIS-TAC and PWW produce definitive guidance on HIPAA – essential to aid the progression of MIH
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation announced that the former Bledsoe County EMS director has been charged with 5 counts of rape
The selected candidate will serve a four-year term in the Public Health At-large Board position beginning in November
San Juan Island Fire District #3 Commissioner Frank Cardinale apologized after reportedly saying “Roll the eyes, you b----" while speaking with hospital board members
A spokesman said the department has received “numerous complaints” and “additional information” about the use of ketamine to sedate Elijah McClain
Non-punitive near-miss reporting can prevent serious injury or line-of-duty deaths by relying on the group’s collective experience
EMS1 and Fitch & Associates take an in-depth look at EMS trends in the U.S. and set a foundation for assessing how the EMS profession is changing
The EMS Leadership Round Table tackles community messaging, public health funding and caring for the caregivers at the Virtual Pinnacle Leadership Summit
Santiam Hospital is offering $1,000 for information about theft of the rig, which was destroyed by flames
Police said the man had flashing blue lights on his vehicle, which also displayed emblems from fire and EMS departments he is not a member of
The parents of Paul Tarashuk, who was fatally hit by a car after being left at a gas station by police, want the federal government to investigate possible ADA violations
Officials said they are reviewing the call after family members claimed Andrew Norman, 41, died four hours after medics talked him out of going to the hospital
The EMT is accused of failing to yield to a pedestrian, failing to stop at a stop sign and failing to exercise due care
Officials said the woman jumped into the rig outside an emergency room while medics were handing off a patient
A woman who was being treated by paramedics took off in the rig and drove it around with its lights and sirens on
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