Waterblogged

MPIC stands for Medical Person In Charge; it’s a Coast Guard certification for medics who work aboard vessels. The nearest equivalent is EMT-B (Basic) — our text book was actually an EMT study guide. The main difference is that MPIC training has slightly different protocols because, presumably, you’re out at sea when the problem arises and you can’t just transport your patient to the nearest hospital. It’s kind of like being a Wilderness EMT but with a sick-bay and telephone available.

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The other day I was walking through a bookstore in Port Angeles and I looked up at the periodicals rack. There, in bold colors, was a magazine with one of my pictures on the cover. World Watch magazine used the sunset and seaice photo I submitted to the USAP photo library (taken on the NBP last year, see one of my earlier posts). Very cool! Okay, it’s not Vanity Fair or Cosmo, but I’ll take it. They also used another of my photos inside the magazine in an article about Antarctica.

My first cover photo. Oh, my second if you count the USAP Participant Guide. Yee-ha.

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