What you need to do
This is a Public Service Badge.
No part of this syllabus may be omitted, including the practical applications where necessary. Scouts earning this badge should score over 90 marks, clear notes should be entered into the log book, and they should be willing to serve as First Aiders at all times and must constantly practice. If a Scout is found not to be practicing regularly, or to have forgotten the matter, the badge could immediately be withdrawn.
The signs of life and emergency techniques
- The signs of life
- A clear airway
- The circulation
- Emergency techniques
- Artificial ventilation
- External chest compression
- Resuscitation by two people
- The recovery position
- Severe bleeding and pressure points
Emergency management of serious injuries
- Principles and responsibilities
- The job of the First Aider
- Immediate action in an emergency
- Specific injuries and conditions
- What the emergency service needs to know
- The HIV risk
- Moving and lifting victims
- When to move an injured person
- General rules for lifting
- Which method to use
- One First Aider
- Two First Aiders
- More than two First Aiders
- Removing clothing and helmets
- Removing clothing
- Removing helmets
Major injuries and dangerous conditions
- Bleeding
- Wounds and external bleeding
- Internal bleeding
- Breathing difficulties
- Asphyxia
- Choking
- Drowning
- Fumes and gases
- Strangulation
- Burns
- Causes
- Burn depth
- Burn area
- Clothing on fire
- High-temperature burns and scalds
- Chemical burns
- Chemical burns of the eye
- Electrical burns
- Mouth and throat burns
- Cartilage injuries
- Locked knee
- Slipped disc
- Circulatory problems
- The circulatory system and its function
- Angina
- Cardiac arrest
- Heart attack
- Shock
- Crush injuries
- The importance of time
- Diabetes
- Hypoglycemia
- Hyperglycemic coma
- Dislocations
- Dislocated shoulder
- Epilepsy
- Extremes of body temperature
- Heatstroke
- Hypothermia
- Fractures
- Types of fractures
- Causes and sites of fracture
- Symptoms and sites of fracture
- Open fractures
- Arm fractures
- Elbow fractures
- Collarbone fractures
- Wrist, hand and finger fractures
- Rib and breast bone fractures
- Pelvis fractures
- Hip and thigh-bone fractures
- Lower leg fractures
- Kneecap fractures
- Foot fractures
- Skull fractures
- Nose, cheekbone and jaw fractures
- Neck fractures
- Spine fractures
- Muscle injuries
- General muscle injuries
- Cramp
- Poisoning
- General poisoning
- Drug overdose
- Alcohol poisoning
- Food poisoning
- Unconsciousness
- Head injuries
- Wound infection
Minor injuries and conditions
- Aches and pains
- Backache
- Headache
- Earache
- Period pain
- Sinus pain
- Toothache
- Bites and stings
- Dog, cat and human bites
- Snake bite
- Insect bite
- Stings
- Black eye
- Bleeding
- Minor wounds, cuts and grazes
- Nosebleeds
- Gum and tooth socket bleeding
- Tongue bleeding
- Scalp bleeding
- Lip and cheek bleeding
- Bleeding varicose veins
- Vaginal bleeding
- Breathing problems
- Asthma
- Hiccups
- Burns
- Minor burns and scalds
- Sunburn
- Diarrhea
- Extremes of body temperature
- Frostbite
- Heat exhaustion
- Fainting
- Fevers
- Foreign bodies
- Foreign bodies in the ear
- Foreign bodies in the eye
- Foreign bodies in the nose
- Fish hooks
- Splinters
- Nausea and vomiting
- Travel sickness
Dressings, bandages and slings
- Dressings
- Plasters (adhesive dressings)
- Field (sterile) dressings
- Gauze dressings
- Improvised dressings
- Bandages
- Roller bandages
- Applying bandages
- Triangular bandages
- Applying triangular bandages
- Slings
- Arm sling
- Elevation sling
- Reef knots
Useful aids
- First aid kit
- Medicines in the home
- Drugs glossary
- Temperature