A chain-link fence separates my doctor's office parking lot from the Rhode Island Hospital ER loading dock. I park my car, hobble out, get a glimpse of my old life as a Providence Rescue 5 rolls past. I don't recognize the driver, and hold my wave at half staff, the realization that I'm old news […]
http://www.fireengineering.com/articles/fire_life/articles/2013/august/new-me.html New Me 08/27/2013 By Michael Morse At the beginning of my shift, I often give myself a little inspirational speech. "I will take this job more seriously." "I will listen to my patients’ complaints." "I will stop eating everything in […]
The first words in my book, Responding are from Winston Churchill: "Never in the history of human conflict has so much been owed so many, by so few." I wrote the book mostly on my daughter's old Gateway laptop between runs, sometimes at the ER loading docks while my partner finished getting supplies and putting […]
If I can do it, so can you. You can figure out what you're doing, and show up with a store of knowledge that can actually help somebody in a crisis. Basic stuff. Give them some oxygen. Recognize CHF from an asthma attack. Stop the bleeding. Don't give D-50 to pregnant people. Carry diaphoretic people […]
http://www.providencejournal.com/breaking-news/content/20130811-compassionate-providence-police-officer-killed-in-jamestown-crash.ece Thoughts and prayers to the friends and family of John Reposa, and the Providence Police Department. John was killed Saturday night in Jamestown. I am a firefighter, and John is a cop, but we both worked the streets of Providence for the same number of years, our paths intersecting often, at MVC's, shootings, […]
I don't know about everybody else, but I've been "extra vigilant" this week, my speed dial is set to the State Police number they provided and I'm keeping my eye out for potential terrorist activity. Can't wait for the mystery "High Alert" to be over, and our embassies to re-open so I can get back […]