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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A woman who identified herself as a Minneapolis firefighter told officers to check Floyd’s vital signs
William Swagger, 25, pleaded guilty, was sentenced with credit for time served and will be on probation for three years
A random encounter with a Latvian prompted my commitment to learn something new every day
Wren Nealy Jr., Cypress Creek EMS chief operating officer, relates how BWCs have contributed to personnel safety, QA/QI
The team is tasked with interviewing COVID-19 patients and identifying their contacts
The Suwannee County Fire Rescue paramedic has been charged with controlled substance possession and grand theft
The Riley Boatwright Act is named after a middle school football player who died from injuries during a game last year
William Ivory, 57, took the ambulance for a joyride while the crew transported a patient inside
Officials say the driver of the vehicle that struck the ambulance was arrested after allegedly fleeing the scene
The Wilmington Fire Department plans to buy 60 vests for firefighter-EMTs responding to shooting or stabbing incidents
Fire and EMS leaders reflect on the grim milestone, as 29 fire service and 21 EMS members have died from the virus
Our co-hosts sit down with EMS consultant and teacher Jon Politis, who shares his leadership style and offers advice for leading during the pandemic
EMT Breonna Taylor, 26, who worked as an ER technician for Medical Center Jewish East, was killed in March when police say they were returning fire from her boyfriend
Don’t let the current crisis destroy your previously identified individual goals and departmental priorities
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Officials say they were falsely assured that the clinic would not be treating a high number of patients at risk of suicide
Authorities say the woman stole the rig from outside an emergency room entrance
The woman was being transported to the hospital after telling police she had injected heroin, officials say
Allegiance Mobile Health EMT Asante Contreras, 20, was killed in a head-on crash with a fugitive fleeing police one day before his last paramedic exam
Look to the factors impacting EMS revenues – logistics, technology and resource matching – to manage deliverables
The man allegedly drove his SUV through the parade that was paying tribute to hospital staff and later crashed during a police chase
A proposed bill would impose a penalty of up to a year in jail and $5,000 in fines for first responders who take unauthorized photos of crime or accident victims
Paramedic Enesha Yurchak, who served as an onsite medical representative at an Amazon warehouse in Oregon, is suing the company after her firing in April
Gov. Andy Beshear removed Shelbyville Paramedic Robbie Smither from the state’s Board of Emergency Medical Services after his comments on an arrest at a grocery store
The fire department and police are seeking information on the driver who hit the front of the ambulance and fled the scene
Through sheer force of will by first responders, healthcare workers and the city as a whole, the COVID-19 battle is winding down, but leaves scars
A violation of the order is a misdemeanor punishable by up to 90 days in jail and a maximum fine of $1,000
Coroner’s office officials used dental records to identify South Park Ambulance District Eric Pracht, whose skeletal remains were discovered on a mountain in Colorado
The agency is suing the Small Business Administration, claiming they were unfairly denied a Payment Protection Program loan to assist them during the pandemic
