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"A better question might be want to do you want to do, and therefore how do you get there. Do you want to work on an ambulance? Work on a ship? Teach kayaking? Go into finance? Certs get you qualified to do something, but you have to tell us what your goal is. " Indeed! My goals are...

Thanks! I had seen a few of the threads you mentioned, but others are new, and I'll definitely have to read them over. So what I'm hearing from you guys, and what I'm reading elsewhere... is that WEMT is pretty eye-candy in most cases unless accompanied by other certifications. Kind of what...

Thanks! I have seen that page. I feel like I understand pretty well what WEMT and MPIC are - I'm just trying to get a feel for their usefulness. I will definitely check out that OEC cert, too.

Thanks for your advice! That is sort of what I expected. I am really interested, though, in doing things like ski patrol and outdoor group-leadership. I don't know much about their requirements, but I would like to know more. It seems like they are both things you could do seasonaly, but that...

Man, you guys take it out on this dude to the point of absurdity. He asked a simple, reasonable question, in a polite, deferential matter... and you guys basically told him he was a whiner idiot lazy moron who couldn't work as hard as the rest of you to go to school like everyone else even in...

Hi everybody, I'm a total newbie here, so I'll probably monkey up the jargon... I also double-posted, to this forum and to Wilderness EMT, as it seemed to apply to both. If this is bad form please let me know and I'll take one down right away! A little background - I'm 24, fit, in college...

Hi everybody, I'm a total newbie here, so I'll probably monkey up the jargon... A little background - I'm 24, fit, in college part-time, and trying to find a certification of some sort that will help me get through the next 2-5 years while I 'get my career on.' If it could be something that...