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Michael Morse

Behind the Patient: Street Portraits

Captain Michael Morse (ret.), mmorsepfd@aol.com, is the bestselling author of Rescuing Providence, Rescue 1 Responding, City Life and Mr. Wilson Makes it Home. Michael has been active in EMS since 1991 and offers his views on a variety of EMS and firefighting topics, focusing mainly on the interaction between patient and provider as a well respected columnist and speaker. Captain Morse is a Johnson/Macoll fellow in literature from the Rhode Island Foundation.

LATEST ARTICLES

EMS Advocacy

Keeping control by letting it go

The calm, quiet professionalism of EMS roars like thunder when chaos rules

June 28, 2017 11:58 AM

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EMS Advocacy

Why I came to accept being called an ‘ambulance driver’

The public sees what they want to see and I’ve come to accept that they see EMTs and paramedics as people driving ambulances

May 23, 2017 08:49 AM

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How to thrive in a dysfunctional EMS system

Focus on controlling what you can and leave the big picture to other people

March 03, 2017 09:00 AM

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10 ePCR phrases paramedics use off-duty

What ePCR phrases or terms do you use to describe everyday events, injury or illness while you are off-duty?

February 02, 2017 09:43 AM

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Love is the greatest gift

In the final moments of her life, Rose received love and compassion from the nursing home staff entrusted to be present with her

December 21, 2016 02:53 PM

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Gifts for
Paramedics & EMTs

Ghost of Christmas Present has holiday wisdom for an EMT

Read an excerpt from “Captain Scrooge and other holiday tales” which is a collection of life during the holidays as told by an EMT

November 17, 2016 01:14 PM

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How I got through a well-being check

Small acts of empathy and gratitude are deposits of kindness to get EMS providers through the worst calls

October 31, 2016 09:53 AM

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Fitness & Health

Why no one will ever understand you like your EMS partner

There is something sacred inside the cab of the world’s ambulances

October 14, 2016 05:05 AM

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Stop waiting for an EMS invite to citywide policy discussions

City leaders attempt to address a worsening panhandling problem, but ignore EMS, the experts most likely to understand why people are on the streets

October 12, 2016 09:23 AM

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EMS: The experience of a lifetime

Every second of a 25-year career of mundane calls, sleepless nights and nightmares was worth it

August 04, 2016 04:05 PM

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