First Aid
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![]() | This is the Boy Scout First Aid Merit Badge. Venturers can work on the First Aid Ranger Award elective Webelos Scouts can earn the Readyman Activity Badge. |
![]() | The First Aid requirements were revised effective January 1, 2008. |
![]() | First Aid requires prior counselor approval for requirement #6c. |
First Aid merit badge | ||
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Status: | Eagle-required | |
Created: | 1911 | |
Discontinued: | no | |
BSA Advancement ID: | 008 | |
Requirements revision: | 2008 | |
Latest pamphlet revision: | 2008 |
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First aid — caring for injured or ill persons until they can receive professional medical care — is an important skill for every Scout. With some knowledge of first aid, a Scout can provide immediate care and help to someone who is hurt or who becomes ill. First aid can help prevent infection and serious loss of blood. It could even save a limb or a life.
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First aid
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- First Aid merit badge is on the Eagle Scout required list (requirement 3.a.).
- The First Aid Merit Badge requirements were updated in 2008.
Requirement resources
1. Tenderfoot Rank First Aid Requirements:
- 12a. Mayo: Choking
- 12b. Mayo: Cuts and scrapes - Mayo: Blisters - Mayo: Burns - WebMD:Insect Bites and Stings - Mayo: Snakebites - Mayo: Nosebleeds - WebMD: Nosebleeds - Mayo: Frostbite - Mayo: Sunburn
1. Second Class Rank First Aid Requirements:
- 6a. Mayo: Choking - Mayo: Bleeding - WebMD: Bleeding - [http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/first-aid-poisoning/FA00029 Mayo: Poisoning
- 6b. First Aid Kit
- 6c. Mayo: Foreign object in the eye - Mayo: Animal bites - WebMD: Puncture Wound - Mayo: Burns - WebMD: Burns - Mayo: Heat exhaustion - Mayo: Heatstroke - Mayo: Shock - WebMD: Dehydration - Mayo: Hypothermia - WebMD: Hypothermia - eHow: Hyperventilation - WebMD: Hyperventilation
1. First Class Rank First Aid Requirements:
- 8b.Sprained Ankle
- 8c. How to Move an Injured Person
- 8d. Mayo: Heart attack - WebMD: Heart Attack - Mayo: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) - WebMD: CPR
2a. Dial 911.
2b. Wikipedia: Triage
2c. Wikipedia: Bloodborne Pathogens
2d. First Aid Kit
3a. Mayo Clinic: Shock - [http://firstaid.webmd.com/shock_treatment_firstaid WebMD: Shock - Mayo Clinic: Heart attack - WebMD: Heart Attack - Mayo Clinic: Stroke
3b. Mayo Clinic: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) WebMD: CPR
3c. ACEP: Automatic External Defibrillators - WebMD: Automated External Defibrillators (AED)
3d. Mayo Clinic: Severe bleeding - WebMD: Bleeding - Wikipedia: Tourniquet
3e. Mayo Clinic: Insect bites and stings - WebMD:Bites and Stings
3f. Mayo Clinic: Heatstroke - WebMD: Heat Exhaustion and Heat Stroke
4a. Mayo Clinic: Fractures (broken bones) - WebMD: Broken Bones
4b. Mayo Clinic: Head trauma - WebMD: Head Injuries - Mayo Clinic: Spinal injury - WebMD: Neck & Back Injuries
5. You can use the chart in the First Aid Workbook
5a. Mayo Clinic: Hypothermia - WebMD: Hypothermia
5b. WebMD: Seizures
5c. Mayo Clinic: Frostbite - WebMD: Frostbite
5d. WebMD: Dehydration
5e. Mayo Clinic: Bruise - WebMD: Bruises - WebMD: Muscle Strain - Mayo Clinic: Sprain
5f. Mayo Clinic: Burns - WebMD: Burns
5g. Mayo Clinic: Chest pain - WebMD: Abdominal Pain
5h. WebMD: Broken or Knocked-out Teeth Treatment
5i. Mayo Clinic: Tooth loss
5j. Mayo:Muscle Cramps - NIH: Muscle Cramps
6. How to Move an Injured Person
6c. ACEP: Automatic External Defibrillators - WebMD: Automated External Defibrillators (AED)
7. Communications Merit Badge #6 is to also teach a skill.
- Your handbook is your primary reference. See First Aid Skills for step-by-step instructions and lesson video links.
- See also: First Aid Merit Badge Pamphlet - First Aid Kit - Emergency Kit - Guide to Safe Scouting - Annual Health & Medical Record
Related awards
7. Communications Merit Badge #6 is to also teach a skill.
- Emergency Preparedness Awards
Emergency Preparedness-related awards
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See also
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General Merit Badge information
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External links
- Guide to Safe Scouting - Section VI - First Aid
- Intro to First Aid A free basic training course available online
- Learn CPR - You Can Do It!
- Realistic First Aid How to use theatrical makeup to teach First Aid