Requirements June 1972 until September 1981

1. Earn the First Aid skill award. Show you know the skills by doing any of them asked by your counselor.

2. Do the following:

(a) Describe the signs of a broken bone. Tell first aid rules for handling fractures, including compound fractures.

(b) On a person lying down, and using improvised materials, show the first aid for any two of the following fractures as asked for: Forearm, upper arm, wrist, collarbone, upper leg, lower leg, crushed foot, spine.

3. Do the following:

(a) Explain what should be done for severe bleeding.
(b) Tell when the use of a tourniquet may be justified.
(c) Show how to stop bleeding from a severe cut of the lower leg and wrist.

4. Do the following:

(a) Tell the dangers of moving a seriously injured person.

(b) If a sick or injured person must be moved, tell how you would decide what way to do it.

(c) Show alone, and again with help, two carries for moving an injured person.

(d) Improvise a stretcher. With helpers under your direction, move a presumably unconscious person.

5. Show the proper way to put on an adhesive bandage. Show how to put on a large gauze compress held in place with tape. Show how to put a dressing on the eye with a cravat.

6. Show the proper way to put a roller bandage on the ankle and foot, the wrist and hand, the forearm, and a finger.

7. Do the following:

(a) Tell the causes and proper first aid for unconsciousness.

(b) Tell what first aid you would give a person with an epileptic convulsion.

(c) Tell what to do for the following:

Heatstroke
Heat exhaustion
Frostbite
Boils and pimples
Bruises
Stomachache
Choking on food
Arm and leg cramps

8. Make a list of things you should have in a home first aid kit, first aid equipment for an automobile, or a patrol first aid kit.

9. Help in teaching the First Aid skill award to two or more persons.