Cub Scout Emergency Aid Badge

The Cub Scout must complete these eight activities. 

1. Know the emergency procedure for helping someone who is hurt: 

• assessing dangers 

• making the area safe 

• using any necessary life saving techniques 

• getting help. 

2. Know how to make a '999' call from a home telephone and a mobile telephone. 

3. Show how to help a casualty who:

• has an asthma attack 

• is choking 

• has eaten or drunk something poisonous. 

4. Show how to put a patient in the recovery position and describe when it is necessary to use it. 

5. Show how to treat a minor cut, how to deal with severe bleeding and how to recognise shock. 

6. Show how to deal with fractures, including treatment using a triangular bandage. 

7. Show how to deal with burns and scalds. 

8. Know the DRABC (Danger, Response, Airway, Breathing, Circulation) sequence and how to carry out the stages. 
    

   A Cub Scout who has gained the St. John Ambulance Young Lifesaver Award (Key Stage 2 Junior Parts 1 & 2) automatically qualifies for this Badge. 
 

04 March 2006