Well, You Can Try the Trade School Route…

…but it’s easiest just to get your medic certificate this way, like I did:

Edited 10-5-08 to add: Well, I’ll be damned! Turns out the matchbook covers I’ve been using for years without proper attribution were the work of my very favorite Alaska medic and uber-talented website designer, Valerie DeFrance! If you EMS folks haven’t bookmarked the House of DeFrance, you’re missing one of the best EMS sites on the Intarwebz.

It’s da bomb diggedy shiznit, yo.