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.
Who’s looking out for the supervisor?
Should Kansas providers face discipline for not transporting a patient who was breathing?
Family members of the recovering COVID-19 patient said she was tucked into a stranger’s bed eight miles from her home
Applicants got advice on failing memory tests, feigning symptoms and described fears of planes and tall buildings to support PTSD claims
Residents, concerned over noise and traffic, threatened legal action if the city sold land to the company for a new headquarters
The service is under further scrutiny after an ambulance lost a tire while transporting a sick infant, days after the state took 30 ambulances off the road
Neighbors are concerned about noise, speeding ambulances, and added traffic; they claim the sale would violate voter-approved conditions for the land
Leatha Kaye Slauson, 30, is accused of giving her 5-year-old daughter cannabis oil as an effort to convince the community she had terminal cancer
Officials took 30 ambulances off the road after a complaint that some drivers may not have the proper medical paperwork
The term leadership gets thrown around a lot these days, but what does it really mean in the EMS industry?
Todd Stout was surprised with the Pinnacle Leadership Award after his father accepted a Lifetime Achievement Award
He claims an EMS provider “started verbally abusing me and berating me and it ended up with him striking me in the face”
The firefighter was placed on leave during an investigation; the paramedic said he drove her home after a concert and she woke to him performing a sex act on her
A man bleeding from a self-inflicted gunshot wound was left behind after responders said his injuries were “not compatible with life”
Chris and Kelly also talk about a recent officer-involved shooting in Ferguson, Mo. that resulted in the fatality of a teenager
He was making a left-hand turn when he was hit by an ambulance; the incident is under investigation
The lawsuit says rescuers were reckless and poorly trained
How do we change this disciplinary paradigm that’s better for our patients and employees?
The EMS director was off-duty when he responded to the call; he cancelled responders who were en-route, but officials later noticed the woman was breathing
Two departments hope to allow 20 paramedics to make home visits to patients; nurses unions are loudly objecting
A group of nurses and patients committed to keeping hte hospital open filed a lawsuit claiming budget cuts that have led closures are unnecessary and discriminate against the disabled, poor and elderly
Details of the investigation are unknown, but it’s said to be fairly serious
An EMT and his wife convinced the victim an ambulance mafia would kill him if he didn’t pay up, and had him fake injuries that resulted in a medical flight in a bizarre scam
He is being disciplined after picking up two woman walking on the road with alcohol while his ambulance was stuck in bridge traffic
The vehicle is owned by Thomas Bruce, who owes $1.3 million in federal income taxes, penalties and interest for unpaid taxes
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Chris and Kelly also talk about why violence against medics should be a felony
Responders are built to help, and we should be asking how we can help our fellow responders, not why do they want special treatment
The $300,000 suit claims the city denied her request to work at fire stations with private areas
She emailed a groveling apology to US Embassy staff; a $2 million lawsuit filed by the EMTs claims she has a history of becoming intoxicated and abusive
The expertise needed to interact both verbally and non-verbally through gestures, body language and appearance is a hallmark of a great leader
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