Last week a warrant was issued for a Georgia EMS driver on charges of vehicular manslaughter and failure to maintain lane. The driver, Crystin Keys, went off the road and hit a tree, and the ambulance landed on the wrong side of the road.
Keys, who is five weeks pregnant and avoiding caffeine, told investigators she fell asleep at the wheel. The patient died in the crash, according the Times Free Press. Keys reportedly turned herself in.
EMS drivers often work numerous hours on shift without a break -- a 36-hour shift is not unheard of, as is figuring out ways to eat on duty.
Are traditional working assumptions in EMS changing, or should they? Is it time to reconsider EMS working conditions?
Inside EMS co-hosts Chris Cebollero and Kelly Grayson discuss the proposed California bill AB 263, also known as the EMS Workers Bill of Rights, in this 25-minute podcast. Listen here:
