A look at how Social Media has affected EMS

1. GET YOUR
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OUT OF MY
TWITTER
How Social Media
Has Affected EMS?
Tony McCallum
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Have You
Jumped On?
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3. You May Be Surprised! 3
• Over 390,000 EMS Professionals Have!
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4. I Don’t’ Even Know What a 4
FacespaceTwitterBlog Is!
• Facebook:
– A social networking service and website
– Launched in 2004
– As of February 2012 has more the 845 million
active users!
– As of July 2011 51% of the US population had
a Facebook account!
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5. I Don’t’ Even Know What a 5
FacespaceTwitterBlog Is!
• Twitter:
– Online social networking site and
microblogging service
– Allows its users to send and read text-based
post of up to 140 characters, known as
―tweets‖
– As of January 2012 over 140 million users
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6. I Don’t’ Even Know What a 6
FacespaceTwitterBlog Is!
• Blog:
– A personal journal published on the Web
– Usually the work of a single individual
– An online diary
– As of February 2011 over 156 million blogs
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What Happened to Privacy?
• Over 50% of you that participate in Social
Networking have updated your status or
have ―checked in‖ since we started!
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A Time and Place for Everything
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Is Facebook the Devil?
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Can I be fired for what I post?
• YES
• YES
• YES
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VOLUNTEERS
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Our Distinguished Panel!
• EMS Providers- Who use Social Media
• EMS Providers- Who do not use Social
Media
• EMS Management
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13. facebook Wall Photos Flair Boxes ParaGod 2012 Logout
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I am a Legend in my own mind !
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Send me a message Just picked up a 600 pounder, these fat patients
are killing me, lose some damn tonnage people
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Birthday:
Hometown:
IBN EMT: I know right.. don’t they know we
have to pick their fat butts up when they have a
Friends massive MI….run tubby tubby lol:
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It’s Not Nice To Fib! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Send me a message HappyMedic:
Don’t come to XYZ Hospital we ain’t doing
nothing but holding up the walls, 5 stretchers in
the hall
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Hometown: IBN EMT:
I know we were just there I don’t know why they
Friends
are so slow, they don’t care how many people
die while we just sit around waiting on a room:
NurseJen:
Well if y’all would bring something other then
BS to us we would have rooms
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If its Wet & Sticky and not yours…Don’t Touch it!
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Send me a message EMS4Lif:
I am so sick, I think I got the flu from a patient I
transported last week.
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Hometown: IBN EMT:
Hope you get better soon, bet you wish you had
Friends
taken the flu shot when it was offered to us:
NurseJen:
The flu is awful this year, we are swapped
with it
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I AM THE BEST!
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Send me a message Medic2B:
Just left my uncles got some Apple Pie
Moonshine, gonna get tow up tonight!!!
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Birthday:
Hometown: HappyMedic:
Aren’t you on duty in like 6 hours?
Friends
Medic2B:
SHHHH don’t tell anyone lol, we will be slow
tomorrow so I can sleep it off at the station
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I put the wet stuff on the red stuff!!
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Send me a message DragonSlayer:
Just made a call on the Southside, that whole
side of town needs to just burn!
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Hometown: FireGod:
Yeah I know I really wish that gold house would
Friends
burn, I mean who paints their house gold
DragonSlayer:
Ha the only gold on the SouthSide is in
peoples mouth!
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I truly believe EMS is my calling, I live, breathe and
sleep EMS!
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Send me a message Life Saving Angel:
OMG Principle Jones house burned this morning
and I had to carry him to the hospital, thank God
he is OK but they lost everything
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Hometown: Cwgirl 1:
That’s horrible, I love him, he was the best
Friends
principle EVER. I am texting all our classmates
and letting them know
Life Saving Angel:
K, tell everyone that we are gonna have a
fund set up for him.
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There are 7 cars in the driveway and you need ME to
carry you to the hospital??? WTF
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Send me a message That EMT Guy:
Just got told I have mandatory overtime
tomorrow, I hate this place..I wish the Mayor
knew how stupid our EMS Director is
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Hometown: Medic2B:
Man is it that bad, I was thinking of trying to
Friends
come to work there when I get out of medic
school
That EMT Guy:
Kid, you don’t want to work here, it is run by
a bunch of dumbasses, who have forgot
what real EMTs and Medics do, they need a
huge reality check and I might just give it to
them, this whole place sucks
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I’m Never Getting On Facebook
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21. Ten Ways Not to Get Fired Over Social Media 21
1. Don't post inappropriate pictures or images
It may go without saying, but EMS employers,
patients or public officials do not want to see
pictures of you in an intoxicated state or doing
really stupid things
• Certainly you should not post pictures of
patients or post comments about them.
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• 2. Don't complain about your job,
supervisors, or co-workers in a public forum
Any negative comments about your EMS agency
or co-workers (even if not specifically named)
should generally not be posted. These
comments reflect poorly on you, the
organization, and the persons that you criticize.
• Negative and derogatory comments can also
lead to claims of defamation and slander
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3. Don't post inappropriate "statuses"
Avoid any status updates that discuss patient
care situations, your EMS agency, or other staff
members, or that may implicate unprofessional
conduct.
Statuses that imply you or others are
unreliable, dishonest, deceitful, or
unprofessional may jeopardize your
employment status.
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4. Be particular about your "friends" and
associations
You can't control what your friends post to your
profile (although you can remove it once you
see it), nor what they post to their own profiles
or to those of mutual friends.
For example, pictures your friend has tagged
you in where he is falling down drunk, and you
look intoxicated as well reflect poorly on you,
even if you are not the direct focus of the
image. You are who your friends are!
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5.Check your privacy and security settings and
know their rules
Privacy and security settings on social
networking sites can be confusing and hard to
deal with.
• At the very least, your profile should be set so
that people who are not your friend cannot see
any of your pictures or profile information.
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6. Consider establishing a "professional"
profile page
The best advice is to lock down your personal
profile so that only friends you approve can see
anything on that profile.
• Having a social networking profile is a good
thing — it presents you as technologically and
professionally savvy. Just make sure your profile
is helping to present your best side — not the
side that got drunk at your friend's party last
week.
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7. Don't use social networking while engaged
in patient care or work activities
Access to social networking sites on your
personal device should only occur in absolute
down time as you would use a personal cell
phone when on duty (if this is permitted by your
agency).
• An improper activity would be a status posting
made from the back of an ambulance with a
patient onboard such as: "Bored, Transporting
another GOMER from the Nursing Home to ABC
Hospital.‖
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8. Don't misrepresent yourself or others
You should be careful that what you post about your
training and education is accurate and consistent with
information you have given to your EMS agency. Your
agency has the right to check out statements you may
make from a variety of sources, including your social
networking profile.
• For example, if you call in sick and later that day you
post a status that says "Off to the beach for the day to go
surfing" and the company is made aware of it, you can
expect them to investigate this further and initiate
corrective action where appropriate.
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9. Be who you are
Some posters and bloggers work anonymously, using
false screen names. That is usually not a good idea.
Transparency and honesty are the best policies to
follow. Hiding behind a "handle" name may embolden
you to post things you would not ordinarily post (and
against your better judgment!).
10. Respect copyright and fair use laws
For your EMS agency's protection as well as your own,
it is critical that you respect laws governing copyright
and fair use of copyrighted material owned by others,
including your EMS agency's copyrights, logos or
images.
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30. Does Your Service Have a Written Social Media 30
Policy?
• No- Then get one!
• Yes- Make sure it covers everything, but
don’t make it too strict.
• Make sure ALL employees have read and
understand it
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31. Does Your Department or Service Have a Social 31
Media Presence?
• It’s a great way to let your presence be
known
• Great tool to get out public safety
announcements
• Lets you update employees quickly
• Awesome recruitment tool
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35. Facebook is not the Devil! 35
• Think before you post!
• You can say whatever you want!
• You will be held accountable for what you
write!
• Remember just because you think nobody
can see it, doesn’t mean they won’t
• Have Fun!
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36. Thank You!!!! 36
Contact Me:
Tony McCallum
professormedic@gmail.com
Paramedicphilosphy.blogspot.com
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