Florida EMT fired and Paramedics Suspended for Failing to Follow Protocol Resulting in Death of a Patient

 
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. (WFTS) -- Hillsborough County Officials have issued disciplinary actions against four Fire Rescue personnel involved in an incident that resulted in the death of a new mother.
An internal investigation of the July 4 incident revealed that "the four Fire Rescue personnel failed to perform their duties as Hillsborough County Fire Rescue Standard Operating Procedures were violated. The four employees were provided a number of opportunities to respond including written statements, questioning and pre-disciplinary hearing process," county officials said in a press release Wednesday.
The following disciplinary actions were taken against the four Fire Rescue personnel involved:
1. Lt. John “Mike” Morris was terminated from employment with Hillsborough County.
2. Acting Lt. Cortney Barton was suspended for 30 days without pay, removed from the ability to serve in an Acting Lt. capacity for one calendar year after which supervisory retraining will be required.
3. Fire Medic Justin Sweeney was demoted to Firefighter/EMT and suspended for 30 days without pay.
4. Fire Medic Andrew J. Martin was suspended for 30 days without pay.
Read more at WFTS.
 
 

Source: JEMS Administration and Leadership - September 27, 2018 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Various Sources Tags: News Administration and Leadership Source Type: news