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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In this episode of Inside EMS, our co-hosts welcome attorney David C. Holland to talk from a legal perspective about the use of medical marijuana by public safety members
Two EMTs were goofing off during a late night shift and posted a video on Snapchat; the service deletes content once it’s posted but someone recorded it
The agreement establishes job classifications for fire engineer/medic and firefighter/medic, which will bring a 5 percent pay increase
Hosts Chris Cebollero and Kelly Grayson discuss the pros and cons of putting cameras in the back of rigs, and debate ALS vs. BLS systems
The business owner was denied a “certificate of necessity” license for inter-facility and non-emergency transports; he says it would create competition and save patients money
The lawsuit comes after the plane’s tank was filled with the wrong fuel in a crash that killed the patient, pilot, flight medic and flight nurse
EMS can get emotional; at some point your behavior is bound to hurt those around you, and it will take more than a simple ‘I’m sorry’ to fix things
Healthy conflict challenges the status quo, forces teams to consider different points of view, and results in a high-accountability environment
She claims he inappropriately touched her multiple times on the way to a hospital
The mistake reinforced the department’s lack of confidence in the city’s ability to pay its EMTs and firefighters correctly
The NTSB released a report that relied heavily on the pilot who survived after the helicopter crashed and burst into flames, killing a flight nurse and patient on board
Dash cam captures the police pursuit of an ambulance stolen by a hospital patient as it makes several unpredictable stops
Ambulance services are disappointed with the sentence, believing an assault on EMS crews warrants a greater penalty
The closed door meeting comes on the heals of an incident involving another slow response time, and the death of a 94-year-old at the scene
Ill. police report that she was running lights and sirens and was eventually halted with stop sticks
Officers found the women in possession of medical supplies from the ambulance along with drug paraphernalia
The man claimed he was checking on the woman with dementia when family became suspicious
Hosts Chris Cebollero and Kelly Grayson discuss the importance of putting the patient first, how to handle the Ebola outbreak, and why EMS providers should have more respect for narcotics
The two are charged with pouring vodka in her disabled 13-year-old son’s IV feeding tube to calm him
He pleaded guilty to burglarizing several homes over a four-month period after responding to them for medical emergencies
In cases where narcotics are tampered with, our hosts remind us that medical directors put their DEA license on the line
They were rushed to the hospital; one began convulsing and passed out from severe severe hypoglycemia and the other suffered a drop in potassium that also caused a loss of consciousness
A 90-year-old woman ended up in a coma when the service, which provides flat-screen TVs and other amenities, allegedly let her fall on her apartment stairs
All police departments on Cape Cod will be able to carry the opiate overdose reversal drug after months of plowing through red tape
The incident is believed to have occurred while transporting the patient from a doctor’s appointment
With an armed gunman in pursuit after an attempted mugging, the man stopped a passing ambulance and escaped inside
Gov. Andrew Cuomo initially vetoed the bill, which could not become a law until he signed it
The 2011 “Firefighter of the Year” is accused of making personal withdrawals and purchases while serving as treasurer
Drug addiction is a serious issue in EMS, but so is stealing drugs for a profit; involving law enforcement helps determine the true nature of the crime
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