Social Media for EMS
The Social Media for EMS topic includes news about how social media is impacting EMS, as well as analysis into how to use social media safely to demonstrate value to your community, while avoiding the mistakes that could land you 鈥� and your agency 鈥� in hot water.
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Six tips for using social media for disaster communications
Ego, tradition, indifference and bad judgment can allow inappropriate behaviors to become normalized
Social media is a weapons-grade platform and it is very capable of blowing up in our hands
How you respond to social media mistakes matters, especially when you are in the public鈥檚 eye as a trusted source of information
The Champions, Texas, resident is launching EMSpal, an online service for coordinating ambulance transports
We can recognize our responders and celebrate their victories every day using the tools of social media
Session outlines a number of potential risks and opportunities inherent in the use of social media by EMS and fire departments
Volunteer EMS departments can learn from the best practices of towns and businesses
Recent events in Egypt showed two very different attitudes toward social media 鈥� one that embraced the technology, and one that ignored it
It鈥檚 the public鈥檚 right to record events if they occur in plain sight, no matter how irritating that can be.
You have to communicate daily to your followers, with interesting and timely messages, or you鈥檒l lose them quickly
Bill would make it a felony for an on-duty responder to take a picture, video of a crime scene for private use
Mark Musarella is barred from ever working as a medic
A paramedic is under investigation for allegedly posting a patient鈥檚 incident report on Facebook because it contained the word 鈥榬etard鈥�
Departments should proactively and aggressively review their employment policies in light of a recent NLRB complaint against EMS provider
Veteran firefighter鈥檚 postings deemed a violation of department conduct
Responders need to be aware there are some additional circumstances that could result in accidentally disclosing confidential information
AMR agreed to change its Internet policy that barred workers from disparaging the company or supervisors
The NLRB in October took the unprecedented move of filing a formal complaint against AMR for allgedly firing a woman because of her Facebook posts
Judge ruled the veteran EMS lieutenant should lose his job over a post which displayed a patient鈥檚 personal medical information
One photo showed a line of the South East Coast Ambulance Trust staff in chairs doing a 鈥榗onga鈥�
A poorly drafted social media policy can create unexpected sources of liability
Prosecutors say Mark Musarella snapped a picture of a woman who had been strangled
Woman fired for her Facebook posts has prompted a first-of-its-kind legal case
A paramedic criticized her boss on Facebook when he asked her to respond to a customer complaint
Remember as an EMT or paramedic that there are always consequences to what you post on social media sites
One Twitter user posted: 鈥極ur ambulance is number six in line waiting outside A&E. There are another five en route. I鈥檒l be here four hours yet鈥�
Red Cross report shows Americans have high expectations of first responders
Tweet read: 鈥業鈥檝e had a serious injury and NEED Help! Can someone please call Winding Trails in Farmington, CT tell them I鈥檓 stuck bike crash in woods鈥�
David Forster has been disciplined after he attacked 鈥榣azy鈥� EMS workers on social media site
How to make sure your online activities do not interfere with your job as a paramedic or EMT at your agency
