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.
Sacramento City FD Battalion Chief Erik Saari on creating positive pathways for all members to contribute to the department
A firefighter charged with urinating on a medic’s belongings is a sign of a problem left brewing for too long
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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
Centerton Firefighter/Paramedic Michael Brown stated he administered the drug to a patient after the fire chief noticed a 10 mg vial was missing
Fairfax County police said the suspect had not yet been discharged from the hospital but walked away with an IV in his arm
Nine months after Kansas City firefighter/medic Andy Zuniga was injured, the officer involved in had another pursuit crash
Police arrested the lieutenant and charged him with strangulation during a call in Brooklyn
An altercation between two groups escalated to gunfire
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Although teamwork is a natural element of public safety, it’s easy for leaders to become complacent and fail to pay sufficient attention to team dynamics
Quality management implementation at Monroe Fire Department
Paramedic Shaney Warehime was hospitalized on Feb. 11, after she had stopped breathing
Colorado Springs Paramedic Nicholas Fisher tackled Dizmang and placed him in a headlock
EMT Robert Molesk said he felt intimidated by Erie County deputies when treating Robert A. Metcalf Jr.
A fight between teens on a train turned into a shooting on the platform of a Bronx subway station
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AMR officials claim San Bernardino County supervisors violated state law in awarding contract to lower-scoring CONFIRE
