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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 282-286 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Journal of Paramedic Practice: the clinical monthly for emergency care professionals |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue number | 7 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Jul 2017 |
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Live tweeting by ambulance services : A growing concern. / Baron, Aidan; Townsend, Ruth.
In: Journal of Paramedic Practice: the clinical monthly for emergency care professionals, Vol. 9, No. 7, 07.2017, p. 282-286.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
TY - JOUR
T1 - Live tweeting by ambulance services
T2 - A growing concern
AU - Baron, Aidan
AU - Townsend, Ruth
N1 - Includes bibliographical references.
PY - 2017/7
Y1 - 2017/7
N2 - Despite advances in technology being a driver of paramedic professional development, particularly over the past decade, the introduction of new forms of technology appears to have presented paramedics with some professional challenges. Paramedics, pre-hospital clinicians, and ambulance service providers in both the United Kingdom and Australia, have begun using social media technology to communicate what they do to the general public. Unfortunately some of the material that has been communicated appears to breach professional standards of practice, and therefore has the potential to cause harm to the patient, the individual paramedic, and the paramedic profession more broadly. This article will present the rationale behind why this behaviour is unprofessional, ethically and legally unsound, and why it must cease. We offer a tool that will assist paramedics, and other healthcare professionals, to practise safe and professional social media use in their workplace.
AB - Despite advances in technology being a driver of paramedic professional development, particularly over the past decade, the introduction of new forms of technology appears to have presented paramedics with some professional challenges. Paramedics, pre-hospital clinicians, and ambulance service providers in both the United Kingdom and Australia, have begun using social media technology to communicate what they do to the general public. Unfortunately some of the material that has been communicated appears to breach professional standards of practice, and therefore has the potential to cause harm to the patient, the individual paramedic, and the paramedic profession more broadly. This article will present the rationale behind why this behaviour is unprofessional, ethically and legally unsound, and why it must cease. We offer a tool that will assist paramedics, and other healthcare professionals, to practise safe and professional social media use in their workplace.
KW - Social Media
KW - Tweeting
KW - Twitter
KW - Medicolegal
KW - Ethics
KW - Professional
U2 - 10.12968/jpar.2017.9.7.282
DO - 10.12968/jpar.2017.9.7.282
M3 - Article
VL - 9
SP - 282
EP - 286
JO - Journal of Paramedic Practice: the clinical monthly for emergency care professionals
JF - Journal of Paramedic Practice: the clinical monthly for emergency care professionals
SN - 1759-1376
IS - 7
ER -