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.
An Alabama recruit school is under investigation after video emerges of a staged EMS response in a bathroom
The patient care report needs to clearly and consistently demonstrate that patients received good patient care
Be thorough, timely and proofread your PCRs to ensure your treatments and professionalism won’t be called into question
Crews rushed to move the injured recruits off a live electrical wire downed in the crash and stabilize as many patients as possible
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The company does not admit liability and said it “strongly disputes” allegations that its pharmacies improperly filled prescriptions for the painkillers
Processing trauma is more complicated than we think
Video shows how officers blocked in the ambulance as the driver pulled into a gas station
If he is found guilty, Robert Marshall could be sentenced to up to 7 years in prison
Readers sound off on what’s attracting new talent and keeping members satisfied
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EMS leaders and rising leaders respond with concrete steps to improve recruitment, retention, wellness, safety, etc.
Thomas McCauley will be sentenced to 11 years in prison after wounding EMS provider Richard McMahon in an ambulance, prosecutors say
Marco Rico was being held for sentencing after pleading guilty in the murder of Coral Springs firefighter-paramedic Christopher Randazzo
Advocacy, public health and medical specialty organizations signed a nine-page joint letter describing the ambulance bed crisis in a series of stories
Barishansky and Lawrence discuss speaking and writing in the EMS environment
A Rialto captain, an FF-medic and an engineer are contesting disciplinary actions taken against them
Two EMS providers were picking up a Gainesville patient to transport him for treatment when they encountered Darrion Suave Fraley
Los Angeles police officers and EMS providers responded to the “suspicious death”
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced the plan, which also includes training for EMS providers on helping sexual assault survivors
Do those in public safety do a good job of taking advantage of what’s available to help them in their times of need?
During a welfare check, the firefighters found a woman who appeared to be deceased and reported this to a doctor, but neither had assessed the patient
Officers arrested Amanda E. Emery, who they say struck and intentionally spit on an EMS provider who was trying to render aid
Judgment is sometimes a matter of life or death, but it is also a matter of professional credibility
While Charlotte Ellswick needed aid, an Anniston EMS dispatcher labeled her residence as a threat and the ambulance crew staged the vehicle two blocks away
The deals call for most of the funds to be used to fight the drug crisis, but neither company admitted wrongdoing
Charles LoTiempo could lose his job and will remain suspended with pay until a decision is reached
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Madison County providers reportedly had to shake the woman, who was unresponsive at the wheel of her vehicle, causing her to hit the gas pedal
Two boys died at the scene, and first responders transported a baby and a 21-year-old to Jacobi Medical Center, but the child did not survive, police said
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