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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Armed man and bus driver wrestled for control of the steering as the bus struck several vehicles
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The lawsuit claims the Nuvance ambulance EMTs were not trained nor capable of providing proper care, treatment and monitoring
Regardless of why an error happened, the focus should be on preventing any future errors, supporting the provider’s remediation plan and helping them move on
Suspect Jaremy Smith has been identified as the driver of Paramedic Machado-Fore’s car after it was found in New Mexico
St. Paul Firefighter Kenneth Zepeda had applied pressure to the neck of a combative patient
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It was not immediately clear what caused the explosion, but it happened during a training with the Orange County sheriff’s bomb squad
Jamey Noel, co-founder of New Chapel Fire/EMS and former Clark County sheriff, is facing 25 felony charges for theft, public corruption, tax evasion and ghost employment
The 19-year-old continued to assert he was an EMT even after police and Wake County EMS arrived at the scene
The ambulance was stolen shortly after the medic crew arrived at a call regarding a potential psychiatric patient
Columns in the Surfside collapse that killed 98 people did not meet 1980s standards
When the EMS crew arrived, Jeremic Medina-Dorta began fighting and stabbed the EMT
Paramedic Bambi Dame was determined unfit for duty after Northwestern Medical Center staff reported signs of impairment
The investigation reported that the firefighters violated multiple rules, including failing to follow a memo about refusal of treatment and transport
Austin-Travis County EMS personnel have had equipment and medications stolen while stationed at apartments
The original quarters for Medic 3 is a historical landmark built in the 1800s
Paramedic Peter Cichuniec was convicted of criminally negligent homicide and second-degree assault for giving a drug without consent or a legitimate medical purpose
The Elijah McClain trial highlighted gaps in medical procedures that experts said must be addressed
Family of a Buffalo man shot during a basketball game believe a 30-minute delay led to death
Montville police charged PIO Steven Frischling with “unauthorized taking or transmission by first responders of images of crime or accident victims.”
Hailey Martineau faced felony charges in the death of Golden Cross Ambulance Service Paramedic Ian Pierce
City officials adopted a new policy following the death of a patient who fell next to a snowbank
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The lawsuit states the two EMTs took the ambulance out of service for 29 minutes of the 38-minute total response time
The two got into an argument over how to handle an unconscious patient
The Rialto firefighters maintained they were strictly adhering to COVID protocols in the 2021 incident
Tampa Firefighter Andrew Dixon was at the center of allegations of racism in the department last year
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