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.
Optimism is less a personality trait and more a strategy for how to deal with outside events – and strategies can be learned
Is death notification training associated with decreased burnout among EMS professionals?
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Too often, the “best” paramedic is promoted to supervisor without training in the knowledge, skills and abilities they need to be successful leaders
Steve-O climbed a crane in Hollywood to protest SeaWorld, drawing dozens of emergency responders to the rescue
The medics, as well as the chief and assistance chief, are on leave after granting request of woman’s husband and power of attorney to halt resuscitation
Leaders must maintain agency progress through continual reassessment and evaluation
Travis Bowman, 31, allegedly went into a home the paramedics were responding to on two occasions
The Ill. EMTs, Johnny A. High Jr. and Jessica L. Arms, allegedly used credit card stolen from an ambulance patient to buy food, gasoline and other items
Woman alleges the assault happened in the back of the ambulance while she was having a partial seizure; NYPD SVU is investigating
Imadeldin Awad Khair pleaded guilty in 2003 to healthcare fraud and was prohibited from participating in Medicare, Medicaid
Bill introduced in Texas legislature seeks to prohibit imposter ambulances and is a model for all states
Until the time comes that an image or series of images can capture the honesty, humanity, sorrow, triumph, exhilaration and tedium that accompanies every EMS shift, ‘watching it’ will never compare to ‘living it’
Lack of training, confusing policy, and bystander conflict make halting or continuing resuscitation nearly impossible for medics to do what’s right
Groton Ambulance Association has also come under recent scrutiny for failing to staff ambulances
He will serve up to 10 years in prison for the assault charge
Medics say they are practicing “fast-food medicine” and may cut corners and drive faster to meet a goal of 70 minutes per call
Without advance directives, medics are often asked to trust distraught relatives who may not know the wishes of their dying loved ones
The company provided non-emergency services to many dialysis patients, and billed Medicare for unnecessary transports
A Mass. hospital was fined $218,400 for HIPAA violations stemming from use of an internet document sharing application
If you treat everyone equally, no one will feel the need to go above and beyond because they don’t feel their actions are recognized or rewarded
Questions that need to be answered well before an on duty loss of life or serious injury
The legislation aims to ease the shortage of EMS volunteers by allowing one EMT and one emergency medical responder to legally staff an ambulance
EMS Plus was supposed to start Aug. 17, but surrounding cities haven’t signed a mutual aid agreement to allow the service to operate
The department will stock pediatric-specific equipment such as splints and cervical collars on ambulances as part of a voluntary program
Justifiable and properly executed patient restraint, within protocol guidelines, never looks good to the lay public
Our rigorous and data-driven process starts with observation and allows members to volunteer within their capabilities and talents
First EMS crew reported no patient found; 2nd crew found patient one hour and 48 minutes after the initial 911 call
The director secured an illegal personal loan from the agency and used the money to enhance his retirement benefits
An EMT’s perspective on the legal and civilian expectations for cops to render aid to persons in police custody
Tara Kimberly Lindquist admitted to taking the money from a victim’s wallet to pay for her electric bill; two brothers, ages 18 and 14, died in the crash
Overcome analysis paralysis by focusing on the sequence and process of patient assessment and treatment
A teenager is charged with shooting off-duty medic Quinn Boyer as he was stopped in his car sending a text message about medical equipment
The lawsuit filed last summer said that Ye Mengyuan, who was hurt during the crash, was left in a dangerous area and was run over by two firefighting vehicles
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