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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

The calls that matter the most

The calls that matter most are the ones that change the way I act

February 03, 2013 03:58 PM

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Searching for hope

Trying to make sense of it all

January 09, 2013 03:58 PM

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A dignified death and the day I wish I smoked

The tranquil, respectful environment was instantly transformed during this particular call...

November 21, 2012 04:04 AM

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One medic’s creep-filled day of cursed calls

From vampires to voodoo priests, here are some spooky calls we hope you never have to handle

October 29, 2012 09:55 AM

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Real protection is not carrying a weapon on duty

All it takes is 1 EMT to show up, feel threatened and show his weapon for our neutrality to disappear for good

October 09, 2012 09:28 AM

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Compartments: How a moment of magic kept me sane

Mental compartments are imperative, as long as they are opened relatively quickly and their contents sorted through and put away for good

September 25, 2012 05:03 AM

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Whispers from the Eisenhower era

2 strangers with age difference of 30 years meet in the back of an ambulance, where so much more than EMS happens

August 30, 2012 09:15 AM

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