Negligence in EMS is a failure to provide care up to the standards of a reasonable and ordinary EMS provider. Negligence doesn’t always mean failing to make an accurate diagnosis or recognize a symptom. Instead, it’s a failure to provide a competent level of care based on the skill and effort that’s reasonable for EMS.
When EMS negligence results in harm, the EMS company may have legal liability. Negligence in EMS occurs when a worker doesn’t go about their duties as an emergency services provider with an acceptable level of performance based on what’s normal and reasonable for competent EMS workers.