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Emergency medical care for the outdoors

When planning a outdoor adventure, no one wants to talk or think about the chances of being injured in the wilderness or what to do when it happens but if your like me, you want to be prepared for anything. With that being said, let's talk about how to gain some skills to be better prepared encase of  the unfortunate medical disaster.

Take and EMT-B course
One of the best decisions I ever made was to follow the advice of some of my friend from church who encouraged me to take a 3 month Emergency medical Technician class at my local college. I learned all of the emergency, life saving skills of that we necessary for working on a ambulance as an EMT at my local fire department (another story for a later time). My EMT-B skills came in handy for for all of my adventures and opened up a lot of opportunities in both my career as well as my recreational life. There have been many that I have requested to join a trip, solely because of my usefulness as a "medical person". 

many colleges and local fire departments offer EMT-B course for  reasonable prices .Yes, there is a financial investment but the skills you will learn will be with you for life!
If you are willing to volunteer at your fire department, most chiefs will actually pay for your class.

Buy the text book
sadly enough, just like college you are going to need to buy a text book, and not all emt text book are the same. I'll link my favorite text book down below

Prehospital Emergency care

Ride along or volunteer as with EMS agencies.

One thing medical professionals love is, teaching others the things they have learned in the field. most fire departments, private ambulances, and ER's will let you ride along and learn stuff. You could volunteer at a fire department and learn some stuff that you will find useful on your adventures. 

Get a Wildness specialty added to your certification 

Wilderness medical associates international teaches a 5 day Wilderness EMT upgrade course. 

How to make money as a pokemon trainer

I don't know about you but ever since I was a little kid, I loved pokemon and wanted nothing more than to spend my afternoon's catching, training, and battling with them. Now as an adult there is an opportunity for any pokemon trainer to do it full time! 

How
by leveraging the power of the internet. billions of people are using the internet daily and for some weird reason, they are spending all their hard earned money on it, few have mastered the art of using this to their advantage. You can too but first, you have some work to do.

Let's start from the beginning: 
download the app, make an account, and get ready for some awesomeness! 

Choose a side
one of the most important decisions you will make in your pokemon trainer career is which team you will fight for, very much like the avatar, you must choose which nation to champion for (I've personally have chosen the fire nation, team valor is just my speed).

Start hunting! 
The wonderful creatures that you must tame and befriend are going to be your fighting force for your mission and it is imperative that collect a great and powerful roster for gym battles as well as for keeping your followers engaged. Your supports love to read about your pokemon's development as well as your passion for these magical beasts. 

Fight, a lot!
From this moment on you are their captain America, their champion, and if you want their support, then you are going to have to demonstrate your ability to clean the floor with the competition. 


Get the gear!

Pokedex case 

One of the Main struggles Pokemon Go users struggle with is battery life. It's a known fact that the app will drain your Iphone's battery faster than a hole in your gas tank This case is the legendary 'Chargemander' case that boasts a 33-hour life, 15 minute charge time, and the protection against droppings. I know $50 is a lot of cheeseburgers but trust me when I say, you'll make the money back! :)


Ok, time to make the money!
The sad reality of adult hood is that you need to make money to live. As a professional Pokemon trainer that will come from leveraging the power of the internet.

The way that you do this is through affiliate marketing, selling merchandise, Starting a Patreon account, making youtube videos, posting on instagram, and fund raising for support. If you know anything about the modern internet world, you know that these are vastly different topics that I will be going over in my blog and I will add links to this article; so, keep tuned!

It's possible
in summery, making money as a professional pokemon is entirely possible with enough work ethic and skills in the online marketing world. You may need to do some research in the subject but her's a start. :)  

Disclaimer

It should be know that I use affiliate links in this article for the sake monetizing my work and that allows me to continue to provide ongoing content to my followers.