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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
EMT student gets the ‘good ones’
Most of the time EMS is about connecting with the people we treat and simply making them feel better
September 04, 2015 07:19 PM
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Michael Morse
Communications
A million pictures cannot capture EMS reality
Until the time comes that an image or series of images can capture the honesty, humanity, sorrow, triumph, exhilaration and tedium that accompanies every EMS shift, ‘watching it’ will never compare to ‘living it’
August 21, 2015 02:14 PM
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Michael Morse
Patient Handling
My favorite encounters with fascinating ‘old’ people
I am truly fortunate to have known so many people more intimately than I had any right to expect
August 16, 2015 02:02 PM
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Books
Book Excerpt: Responding EMS: it happens now
The thought of a young woman becoming an organ donor was pushed aside at the time but never left EMT Michael Morse
July 09, 2015 05:36 PM
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Michael Morse
Communications Interoperability
A heart I lost keeps beating in the father of another lifesaver
A nurse caring for my wife reveals that the ripple that started on a tragic night long ago at the bottom of an escalator beats with a steady rhythm
July 09, 2015 01:50 PM
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Michael Morse
Do we also need to care for the in-home caregiver?
A wife struggling to manage medication for her husband reminds me that I wish we could do more, maybe through community paramedicine, for our patients
June 03, 2015 07:30 PM
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Michael Morse
Stroke Care
This time, the stroke victim will recover
The patient is a year younger than my mother was when she lost her ability to function; this time, everything is going right
May 18, 2015 02:36 PM
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Michael Morse
Experience is the best teacher to react to the unplanned or unknown
Those at the top of the EMS pecking order often have the knowledge and experience to successfully respond to spontaneous situations
May 12, 2015 07:58 PM
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Michael Morse
Pediatric Care
Connecting with a child who grows up to be a caregiver
A program where responders teach ESL and serve as role models to inner-city kids was a rewarding experience with lasting connections
May 11, 2015 01:59 PM
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Michael Morse
Unexpected salute during a well-being check
Often the person we’re dispatched to assist is beyond assistance, but the elderly are also full of surprises
March 09, 2015 08:32 PM
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