Professional Commentary

Illustration of two paramedics entering a home to assist a distressed patient while a television camera operator follows closely behind. Text reads: “My emergency is not your entertainment.”

My Emergency Is Not Your Entertainment: Professional Ethics and Reality TV

The Paramedic Academic / October 8, 2026

Ambulance reality TV may be familiar, but that does not make it ethically unproblematic. This post examines whether bringing film crews into frontline paramedic care can be reconciled with our responsibilities around trust, privacy, confidentiality and informed consent, and whether the claimed benefits of these programmes justify that intrusion.

Professional Commentary

With Great Trust Comes Great Responsibility: Advocacy in Paramedicine

The Paramedic Academic / July 18, 2026

Paramedics occupy a position of considerable public trust. That trust gives the profession influence and influence carries responsibility. This article explores how advocacy is one way to live up to that responsibility.

Making sense of paramedicine, without the jargon.

Professional Commentary

My Emergency Is Not Your Entertainment: Professional Ethics and Reality TV

With Great Trust Comes Great Responsibility: Advocacy in Paramedicine