Tag: paramedic
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Divided appeals court reverses assault conviction over insufficient guidance about paramedics’ authority
Colorado’s second-highest court reversed a defendant’s conviction last week for assaulting a paramedic, concluding that a Denver judge needed to give jurors additional information about the duties that paramedics are legally authorized to carry out. Two paramedics were attempting to take Chakib E. Ez-Zahir to a hospital against his will. After one paramedic blocked his…
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Federal judge grants immunity to Colorado Springs paramedic, officer for man’s death
A federal judge has concluded that a Colorado Springs paramedic and police officer could not be held liable for their roles in restraining a man in mental health crisis, leading to his death. U.S. District Court Judge Charlotte N. Sweeney determined Sean Reed and Nick Fischer were entitled to qualified immunity, which is a judicial…
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Appeals court reinstates man’s lawsuit challenging $600 open records fee
Colorado’s second-highest court on Thursday directed a trial judge to evaluate whether the state’s health department responded reasonably by imposing a $600 fee on a man’s request for records about the administration of ketamine by paramedics. At the same time, a three-judge panel for the Court of Appeals took umbrage at the inflammatory language Frank…
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Federal judge sides with Denver Health in ex-paramedic’s discrimination lawsuit
A federal judge concluded last month that evidence showed a former Denver Health paramedic was not fired because of his sexual orientation, as he alleged, but because his employer believed he exhibited poor judgment and resisted efforts to coach him professionally. Jordan Christensen filed suit under federal and state civil rights law asserting unwelcome treatment…
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Appeals court clarifies legal significance of failed blood draws on DUI suspects
Colorado’s second-highest court clarified on Thursday that the inability of medical personnel to successfully draw blood from a suspected drunk driver amounts to an “extraordinary circumstance” excusing law enforcement from completing the blood test. The case out of Gilpin County came to the Court of Appeals in an unusual way. Jurors acquitted Craig Spencer of felony…
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Passenger on Durango sightseeing train spots injured hiker, missing for two days
An alert passenger on a sightseeing train near Silverton, Colo. spotted an injured hiker on the banks of the Animas River who had been missing for two days and suffered a broken leg.
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A CareFlight helicopter navigates through the San Juan Mountains
A CareFlight helicopter sent from Montrose choppers navigates through the dangerous peaks of the San Juan Mountains south of Silverton to rescue a hiker who had been lost for two days.
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Colorado Springs cancels negotiations with new ambulance company
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado Springs leaders abruptly canceled negotiations with a new ambulance company Thursday after the firm’s reliability was called into question. But questions continue to cloud the future of the city’s relationship with its current ambulance provider, American Medical Response. City leaders began negotiating with Knoxville,…
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Movers & Shakers: Timothy Dienst
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save To submit an item, go to the press release form at gazettedev.gazette.com/business. To submit an item, go to the press release form at gazettedev.gazette.com/business. Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Timothy Dienst, regional council chair, State Emergency and Trauma Services Advisory…
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Mental health reform ideas in El Paso County jail win international award
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Recommendations for mental health reform in the El Paso County jail have earned one staff member international attention. Stephanie Gangemi, a behavioral health programs manager for the county’s Sheriff’s Office, was awarded first place in the Seidenberg Prize contest last week for her proposal to…