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.
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
The public shouldn’t have to roll the dice about their emergency services, wondering who’s going to show up
The program will provide free drug disposal pouches to ensure that medications are disposed of properly
Gov. Phil Bryant is expected to sign the bill, which would become law July 1
One EMT died at the hospital and a second remains in critical condition
Officials said Constance Hollinger violated protocol the day of the shooting
A security photo was released on Facebook of the suspected medical kit thief, carrying the blue and black duffel bag full of medical gear
The measure would expand the current Involuntary Treatment Act by including heroin and opioid users under “gravely disabled”
Police were able to disable several of the ambulance’s tires during the chase
The licensed vocational nurses function as EMTs and paramedics in the prison system
The lawsuit claims the companies sold around 40 million doses of hydrocodone and oxycodone to county pharmacies
Four were seriously injured, but none were in a life-threatening condition
Oliver Mauricio Funes-Machado, 18, told dispatchers that he stabbed his mother “like eight times” and left the knife in her mouth
All EMS providers are invited to dream and share big, wild, audacious ideas about the future of EMS
Understanding the complex and multifaceted reasons for low EMS wages is an important first step to improve pay and benefits
Like most issues any ambulance operation must address, there is no “one size fits all” answer as a lot of variables come into play
Engaging millennials is about more than simply welcoming a new generation to the workplace; it’s about accepting a seismic shift in how we view careers, technology and innovation
Personnel are often wrongly taught to use decision-making processes for tame and critical problems on the more complex wicked problems
Police said Felicia Farruggia demanded her friend inject her with heroin and meth before responders arrived on scene
About half of NEMSMA members report providing and paying for the 60 hours of continuing education for NREMT National Continued Competency Program
The measure would make police officers, firefighters and emergency medical personnel a protected class under the hate crimes law
Christopher Ayer was charged with drunken driving three times prior to last week’s incident
Improving driving and passenger safety behavior is an immediate action for EMS leaders as safety innovations diffuse through new ambulance purchases
Weigh the expected costs in time and money against a product’s effectiveness in eliminating pathogens
Move beyond a hospital towel and spray bottle of disinfectant with specialized tools to fully eliminate dangerous pathogens from ambulances
Operations policies, driver and occupant training and behavior change come before and during the implementation of new ambulance safety innovations
Imagine how ambulance design and safety can improve when motivation and the desire to do the right thing come together to drive change
The lawsuit alleged Pennsylvania Ambulance was grossly negligent for failing to properly train employees to assess patients
Randy Lee Davidson was arrested for allegedly stealing doses of fentanyl and morphine and attempting to cover up the activity
The passive devices prevent unauthorized personnel from shifting the ambulance out of park position
The family of Garrett Boynosky allege that precious minutes were wasted when an EMS provider told an officer to stop CPR
Here’s a summary of the types of questions the Eagles asked one another from the last year
