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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TikTok sensation Anna Muller shares how paramedics saved her life after she made a difficult 911 call
Clinicians confined to work and home during the pandemic find educational needs at their fingertips using social media
Billings, Mont., Firefighter Ryan Benton says he’s one of many on his crew who would have done the same
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Social platform connects users through photo sharing
His mother was present at the time and helped record the video; the teen suffered minor burns to his chest and neck
Here are five tools EMS departments can deploy to better manage their social media presence
Don’t become a result in a simple Google search that uncovers multiple examples of responders being suspended, fired, and sued for postings on social media
Turning a blind eye to cyber threats puts first responders and civilians at risk; here are two ways to stave it off.
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
You have permission to go behind the scenes of the media outlet you want to cover your agency, so take full advantage of this opportunity
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
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