EMS by Fire: The Making of a Fire Medic
About this ebook
EMS by Fire: The Making of a Fire Medic puts the reader at the scene “where people desperately wait, frantic, impatient, lonely, dying or dead ... the public we serve is not interested in who arrives at their emergency, as long somebody comes, preferably well trained and well equipped.”
“Writing for and about firefighters and EMS personnel from the ambulance officer’s seat is tricky on the good days, career suicide on the bad, and quite gratifying on the rest.
“The truth is that the ratio of misery to inspiration is greatly exaggerated in my writings, with misery beating inspiration by a 20-1 margin. Yet, it is those moments of inspiration that make the misery bearable ...”
Features:
Gain a better understanding of the jobs of fire-based EMS personnel
Improve your skills and build teamwork between firefighters and EMS
True stories and real-life scenarios from a veteran of the EMS and Fire service
About the author
Michael Morse was a firefighter assigned to a fire suppression unit in busy Providence, Rhode Island, for the first dozen years of his career. He was a rescue captain with the Providence Fire Department before his transfer to the EMS division, where he spent his last 13 years working on an Advanced Life Support (ALS) ambulance.
He is a speaker and well-respected columnist with Fire Engineering and The Providence Journal. He is the bestselling author of Rescuing Providence, Rescue 1 Responding, City Life, Rescue 911: Tales from a First Responder and Mr. Wilson Makes it Home.
Captain Morse is a Johnson/Macoll fellow in literature from the Rhode Island Foundation. He lives in Warwick, RI with his wife and dogs and cats. His children and grandchildren live close by.
