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.
Learn how ATCEMS identified EMS training goals and implemented an assault reporting function to protect providers from violence
A Maryland paramedic recounts a patient assault, and the emergency services director and police chief detail legal options
In the spirit of today’s theme, we express our heartfelt gratitude to the remarkable members of the EMS community who go beyond the call every shift
An EMT who spoke Spanish helped put the man at ease during the multi-agency rescue, police said
Kelly D. Titchenell said her mother, Diana L. Kronk, 56, was jaundiced, incoherent and bleeding, but EMS providers were not told to respond
Phillip Shane Bradford avoided being caught for six days and was taken into custody with three other people
Franklin County Prosecutor Shawn Sant determined that responders acted appropriately with Werner Anderson, including the administration of ketamine
The new Austin Travis County EMS chief offers tips for rising leaders
“The problem here is not that the providers were making a diagnosis, it’s what they were doing with the diagnosis”
Researchers have developed a systems-level checklist to address stress and violence affecting fire-based EMS responders
The driver of the truck that crashed with a Malta and McConnellsville Fire Department ambulance was pronounced dead at the scene
The EMS providers were transporting a cardiac arrest patient when their ambulance collided with a police vehicle and overturned
Candice Mangan has been charged with tampering with a consumer product
Vanessa Armstead was rescued from Irondequoit Bay last year, but the ambulance sank
Mario Artze-Ordiales is accused of defrauding the Broward County Aviation Department through car parking vouchers
Baton Rouge police found that the EMS provider who had been driving the ambulance immediately rendered aid and took Kiyana Baskin, 20, to a hospital
Responders are taught about “command presence,” but what about the “quiet presence” that comes with empathy?
James Lavelle Walley apologized Monday after pleading guilty to three counts of sexual battery and two counts of touching a child for lustful purposes
Crystal Blevins accused the chief and others of inappropriate behavior; Jeffersontown Fire Department said it has taken appropriate action
In this episode, our co-hosts break down bodycam video from the City of Dallas after a patient died while in police custody during a Dallas Fire-Rescue ambulance transport
Under Dr. John Gallagher, 92 employees left the roughly 200-person Sedgwick County EMS, causing ambulance shutdowns and reduced response times
We need our legislators to enact laws that focus on the real issues of reimbursement, enabling ET3 and recognizing EMS as an essential service
A Dallas Fire-Rescue spokesperson said the paramedics were placed on administrative leave before the police department released body cam video
Conrad John Sunde IV works for the Duluth Fire Department; state and federal boards will determine whether his licenses should be suspended or revoked
How to apply for grant funding for naloxone and opioid-reversal interventions and more
With two felony convictions each, the two plaintiffs also cannot serve in many fire departments
An attending doctor said the crash likely did not contribute to the patient’s death at Skokie Hospital
“Caroline’s Law” was first introduced after an EMT posted a murder victim’s photo to Facebook in 2009
Governor signs bill prohibiting Arizona’s EMTs from persuading patients into not going to hospital
The police department released body camera video of the interaction with LaDamonyon Dewayne Hall
No one was hurt in the incident, and the ambulance was found afterward
Know the four EQ skills that can help build your awareness and empathy
Police are looking for the person who got into the parked rig as providers were responding to a call
