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.
Learn how to plan for major industry shifts – both on in the field and at the agency – and how to navigate these transitions successfully
Fitch & Associates’ Anthony Minge shares a sneak peek of this year’s keynotes, social events and more
A message to graduating EMT students
Chad Wessels, 48, the former treasurer of George EMS in Iowa, was ordered to pay more than $26,000 in restitution to the agency
The patient was receiving CPR en route to the hospital when the crash occurred
The man is also accused of ramming his car into a smoke shop earlier to steal the nitrous oxide cartridges
The ACLU and other critics have raised privacy concerns about the sharing of patients’ names and addresses public safety agencies
A former Blue Ridge County Rescue Squad captain told police a volunteer told him she was assaulted by Cory Bensen in 2012 but it was never formally reported
The vehicles were helping block the road during a protest outside Austin Police Department headquarters
Police say the man got into the ambulance while paramedics were trying to load the patient into the back
Kevin Ackley, 22, was fired from Richland County Emergency Services after authorities said he incited rioting as part of a group known as the Boogaloos
Robert Lukens was terminated from Mobile Life Support Services after using the N-word while referring to looters
When you become an EMS provider, you agree to act and serve to the best of your abilities to meet the expectations of your community and uphold an ethical code
Activists are calling for the arrests of the officers involved in the fatal shooting of Kentucky EMT and ER Technician Breonna Taylor, who would have turned 27 on Friday
According to testimony, William Michael Fields Jr., 37, a former constable and firefighter, made five illegal videos at an emergency medical training facility
Oxford EMS interim Director Tom Dixon says the agency could struggle to provide services in the future if action is not taken to fund it
Hamilton Fire Department EMS Coordinator Mark Mignery is the first EMS coordinator in the state to receive the designation
The woman was found hiding in a closet in her home after dozens of rescue personnel searched for her
Reflecting on why other officers didn’t speak up during George Floyd’s detainment
What EMS can learn from the NASA/SpaceX mission and a return to space
An enduring lesson for public safety leadership in recent years is that the public wants and expects accurate information, transparency
The personal risks and magnitude of suffering with the pandemic are something no one should have to face alone
Capt. Frank Leto, deputy director of the New York Fire Department Counseling Service, outlines how COVID-19 impacted members’ behavioral health, and how the department is meeting their needs
Massive nationwide protests have brought a greater focus to the death of EMT and ER Technician Breonna Taylor
Understanding the sequelae of traumatic asphyxia, strangulation and positional asphyxia
The Hennepin County Medical Examiner has classified Floyd’s death as a homicide, although it differs from the independent autopsy on the exact cause
The union condemned those who have “interrupted” peaceful protests and directed violence at firefighters and EMS providers
EMS providers know positional asphyxiation can kill, and have a professional and moral obligation to object to it
Protests have reached cities including New York, Los Angeles, Denver, Memphis, Tenn. and Louisville, Ky.
What we can learn about EMS responsibility to intervene from the death of George Floyd
The Minneapolis Fire Department was called to assist EMS while transporting Floyd after his arrest
Washington County (N.Y.) Sheriff Jeff Murphy criticized an Argyle Rescue Squad crew for following a speeding car
Maumee Paramedic Dawn Sniadecki filed a complaint over the 5% pay decrease for all city employees