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 – and your agency – in hot water.
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Calls involving celebrities, chemical restraint, protests and mass shootings are just some of the scenarios that will put you in the public eye
Examining disciplinary culture, administration and perception in EMS
Firefighters, EMTs and paramedics across the country brave freezing temperatures, face record call volumes and remind community members to stay safe in the cold
The post declared two stations had closed indefinitely; it was actually part of a periodic, temporary closure due to lack of personnel
Doctors said her symptoms were stress related, until she returned with a recording of herself describing the numbness and slurred speech as it was happening
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The two are seen in the photograph pretending to administrator CPR to a dead deer in a county ambulance while on duty
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Pa. EMT Katheryn Deprill has met her biological mother after a successful social media campaign to find her
The story of EMT Katheryn Deprill has been shared nearly 27,000 times by Facebook users around the world
“I am dying” she posted on social media, with a photo of her bleeding; the post has gone viral — she survived and has become a symbol of the country’s political uprising
Questions about daylight savings time and a complaint about a roommate stealing beer demonstrate some of the non-emergency calls dispatchers have dealt with
Brandon Church is on probation for one year after sending a message with sexual innuendo to a woman he treated during an emergency response in 2012
Family members found him tangled in electrical wire in a backyard tree that he climbed to get the shots
Directors say the $24 ticket price is needed to maintain the site; critics say it will shut people out from honoring a national tragedy
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The new policy intends to limit publishing of inappropriate, confidential or privileged information online
Social media missteps can hinder your career
Austin paramedic Robert Yarger will be suspended for two 12-hour shifts
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The woman tweeted about a freeway crash, and then a series of panicked updates confirmed it was her husband
Several family members talked about a Facebook posting that Rowlings put out saying that if anything happened to her to tell her children and her mother that she loved them
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The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages for mental anguish, ridicule and emotional distress
After turning to social media and word of mouth, the department now has all the recruits needed to serve the community even better than before
Making decisions purely on emotion and superficial knowledge
Her videos have become a Youtube sensation, helping others deal with new amputee struggles like phantom limb pain
Emergency managers can take lessons from horrific events to better prepare themselves for the next emergency
Months before, he posted pics of speedometer; speed was cited as cause of crash, which killed 80
There is wide range of covered topics that are growing in popularity
Terminated worker claims e-mail was hacked
The Facebook tirade against blacks seemed to have been motivated by her time on the job as a 911 operator
