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.
New labor regulations will increase the salary threshold for overtime exemptions 鈥� Steve Wirth shares how this impacts EMS roles
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Coroner鈥檚 report states Reginal Payne suffered cardiac arrest after being restrained face down, in the prone position
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Two Newport News firefighters were terminated after an investigation found they ignored protocols
The term has been banned from EMS training with the exception to describe its historical usage
Rialto firefighters stated they were following COVID-19 guidelines when they refused to enter as a patient was in cardiac arrest
DNA from the urine on the medic鈥檚 CD player strongly supported it came from a Kansas City firefighter
Emergency care representatives testify about reimbursement, access challenges
Ed Racht and Matt Zavadsky recount their EMS advocacy testimony to the U.S. House Committee
21 Carroll County fire, EMS employees have either quit or been fired in the last 10 months
Two Springfield Township medics have been fired; the fire chief and assistant chief remain on leave
Medway discontinued use of the ambulance service after the patient was forced to walk an 鈥渦nreasonable distance鈥� to the ambulance
The new law makes so-called personal use possession a misdemeanor punishable by up to six months in jail
ACLU California Action and others say the bill would unfairly target certain patients
The man will serve two years for sexually assaulting two patients while working for AMR
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An AMR supervisor rolled down his window to ask if a man standing in the road was okay; the man approached the ambulance and 鈥渂egan throwing himself at the window, gaining access to the ambulance鈥�
Jason Dyess: 鈥淟eadership is mostly a matter of the heart鈥�
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Resiliency training and a CISM program laid a foundation for the Richmond Ambulance Authority to support its providers鈥� mental health
The jury found that Matthew Plote, a former Illinois volunteer firefighter, killed Melissa Lamesch before setting her house on fire
Armed man and bus driver wrestled for control of the steering as the bus struck several vehicles
Simple gestures, like checking in after difficult calls or noticing changes in behavior, can make a significant difference
It鈥檚 helpful to know yourself and your peers well enough to detect significant changes that adversely impact on-the-job performance
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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鈥檚 remediation plan and helping them move on
Suspect Jaremy Smith has been identified as the driver of Paramedic Machado-Fore鈥檚 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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