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F E AT U R E S
35 Motivational Interviewing for the
Community Paramedic
MIH-CP providers should master this
valuable skill to get the most beneft
from patient encounters
By Dan Swayze, DrPH, MBA, MEMS
54 Will a Smartphone Replace Your
Mobile Radio?
LTE technology, featured in most
4G-enabled smartphones, has some
valuable properties for emergency
needs
By Thom Dick
Getting the Most From Your History
and Physical: Respiratory Patients
There's a big diference between
pneumonia and CHF—here's what
you need to tell them apart
By Kenneth A. Scheppke, MD, &
Keith Bryer, BBA, EMT-P
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JULY 2016
Vol. 45, No. 7
C O V E R R E P O R T: T H E M C I I S S U E
COLUMNS
14 CASES WITH A
TWIST
Breaking the Seal
By David Page, MS, NRP,
& Will Krost, MD, MBA, NRP
16 LUDWIG ON
LEADERSHIP
Managing Your
Ambulance Service
50 Years Ago
By Gary Ludwig, MS, EMT-P
58 THE MIDLIFE
MEDIC
Just So We Are Clear
By Tracey Loscar, NRP, FP-C
DEPARTMENTS
8 EMS World Online
10 From the Editor
12 News Network
56 Ad Index
57 Classifed Ads
18 A m o n g t h e Ta r g e t s
At the San Bernardino
mass shooting response,
an IED and Twitter threats
menaced emergency
personnel
By John Erich
2 6 P r e p a r i n g f o r a n A i r p o r t
D i s a s t e r
FAA mandate tests multi-
agency response to airport
emergencies
By Rob Lawrence, MCMI
3 1 In side the G ather in g o f E a gle s: Par t 1
Limb-and-Life Decisions
Are you ready to perform a feld
amputation?
Preparing for the Pope
Papal visit was unchartered
territory
New Orleans Primes for
Chemical Disasters
The Crescent City gets ready for
sudden spills
By John Erich & Pepper Jeter
O n th e Cover
Simulated casualties all
wearing casualty cards
describing their injuries await
rescue and evacuation from the
inside of the aircraft simulator.
Photo by Kenneth Smith