First Aid without the emergency

We had a lot to deal with, what with Scoutmasters Jenny, Mary and Annie’s (fake) injuries, but we learned some first aid to help them. Fake animals bit them. We had to flush things out of our eyes, and treated our scoutmasters’ fake burns and learned how to get a fish hook out of their skin. (We didn’t harm any scoutmasters in these practice scenarios.)

From our Scribe, Claire:

“We learned about First Aid and demonstrated on Annie, Mary, and Jenny. We learned about how to get objects out of the eye, heal a bite from a warm-blooded animal, how to treat puncture wounds, and we also learned how to deal with second and third degree burns.”

We’ll work on more first aid requirements in another meeting.

Several scouts are taking the First Aid merit badge at summer camp. We’re covering many prerequisites for this badge, which are also required for rank advancement, in these sessions. (For the First Aid merit badge workbook, click here.)

Did we mention that Scoutmaster Annie got a tick? This one wasn’t a fake scenario, but Scoutmaster Mary demonstrated how to remove it for all of us to see. That was a bit much for some of us.

(Do you still need to turn in your health form? Go to our Resources page to download the forms.)

Tags: First Aid, Flamingo Patrol, Scouts BSA, Troop Meeting