First Aid
First Aid, an Arrow of Light Required Adventure
The Arrow of Light Cub Scout handbook says,”In this Adventure, you will learn how to protect yourself and how to help others when they have been hurt. The skills you learn in this Adventure could help someone in trouble or even save a life. Your patrol may have a trained professional like an emergency medical technician (EMT), medical doctor, or registered nurse provide instruction for this Adventure.“
Read on to discover this adventure’s requirements and fun ways to complete them!
Requirements:
- With permission from your parent or legal guardian, watch the “Protect Yourself Rules” video for the Arrow of Light rank.
- Explain what you should do if you encounter someone in need of first aid.
- Demonstrate what to do for hurry cases of first aid: serious bleeding, heart attack or sudden cardiac arrest, stopped breathing, stroke, and poisoning.
- Demonstrate how to help a choking victim.
- Demonstrate how to treat shock.
- Demonstrate how to treat the following: cuts and scratches, burns and scalds, bites and stings of insects and animals, and nosebleeds.
- Make a personal first–aid kit. Demonstrate the proper use of each item in your first–aid kit.
