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A child was born 15 weeks premature and was not breathing. The family called 911. The paramedics arrived, performed CPR on the child, and brought the child back to life. These paramedics should have been commended as heroes for saving this child’s life. Instead, they were sued and found liable for $10 million...Read More
Smith v. Beaufort County Emergency Medical Services, et al
The widow of a Bluffton man who suffered a heart attack and died 11 days later has filed a lawsuit alleging that an ambulance's delay at an unmanned security gate in her neighborhood led to her husband's death.Sarah Smith of Baynard Park filed the negligence and wrongful death lawsuit Dec. 17 on behalf of her late husband, James Smith, 65, who died April 18...Read More
Andrews v. Hamilton County et al
A woman who was injured in a motorcycle wreck has filed suit, saying an EMS worker unnecessarily disrobed her after giving her an extra dose of morphine. [She] is asking over $1.5 million in the Circuit Court complaint against Hamilton County, Hamilton County Emergency Services and EMS workers Roger Davis and R. Smith... Read More
Peete v. Metro. Gov't of Nashville & Davidson County
In a wrongful death action brought under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 against individual firefighters, paramedics and emergency medical technicians, denial of qualified immunity for defendants is reversed where the district court erred in failing to grant defendants qualified immunity... Read More
Andujar v. Rodriguez
In suit alleging defendant paramedics acted with deliberate indifference to plaintiff's serious medical needs arising after plaintiff jumped from a truck he and accomplices had hijacked, denial of summary judgment to defendants is reversed... Read More
Cleveland v. City of L.A.
The Fair Labor Standards Act's overtime exemption for an employee engaged in fire protection activities does not apply to dual function paramedics... Read More
ZICCARDI v. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA
Summary judgment based on qualified immunity properly denied, where paramedics moved decedent, who complained of neck injury, without stabilizing his neck... Read More
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iD USB Devise Ushers the Medical Bracelet into the 21st Century...
In an effort to provide first responders with personal medical information, especially during emergencies when treatment errors often occur, the iD Personal Electronic Identification Device picks up where the medical ID bracelet left off.
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In the 1980s, Chariots of Fire swept the Academy Awards.
In 2007, Chariots of EMS took home the award for creative patient care delivery.
