First Aid Arrow of Light Adventure

• Adventure name: First Aid
• Rank: Arrow of Light
• Type: Required
• Category: Personal Safety

Overview

In this Adventure, you will learn how to protect yourself and how to help others when they have been hurt. The skills you learn in this Adventure could help someone in trouble or even save a life. Your patrol may have a trained professional like an emergency medical technician (EMT), medical doctor, or registered nurse provide instruction for this Adventure. Prior to any activity, use Scouting America’s SAFE Checklist to ensure the safety of all those involved. All participants in official Scouting America activities should become familiar with the Guide to Safe Scouting and applicable program literature or manuals.

Requirements

Requirement 1

With permission from your parent or legal guardian, watch the Protect Yourself Rules video for the Arrow of Light rank.

Activities:

• Protect Yourself Rules Arrow of Light (Indoor, energy 1, supplies 2, prep 2) Watch the Protect Yourself Rules video with your parent or legal guardian.

Requirement 2

Explain what you should do if you encounter someone in need of first aid.

Activities:

• First Aid First Response (Indoor, energy 2, supplies 2, prep 2) Cub Scouts explain what to do if they encounter someone who needs first aid.

Requirement 3

Demonstrate what to do for hurry cases of first aid: serious bleeding, heart attack or sudden cardiac arrest, stopped breathing, stroke, poisoning.

Activities:

• “Hurry” Cases (Indoor, energy 4, supplies 2, prep 2) Cub Scouts demonstrate what to do for first aid “hurry” cases.
• Visit a Paramedic (Travel, energy 4, supplies 2, prep 5) Visit an  emergency services station and do some hands-on learning from a professional

Requirement 4

Demonstrate how to help a choking victim.

Activities:

• Obstructed Airway Maneuver (Indoor, energy 4, supplies 2, prep 2) Cub Scouts demonstrate how to perform the obstructed airway maneuver.

Requirement 5

Demonstrate how to treat shock.

Activities:

• Shock First Aid (Indoor, energy 3, supplies 1, prep 1) Cub Scouts demonstrate how to treat shock.

Requirement 6

Demonstrate how to treat the following: cuts and scratches, burns and scalds, bites and stings of insects and animals, and nosebleed.

Activities:

• Common First Aid Practices (Indoor, energy 3, supplies 3, prep 5) Cub Scouts learn how to treat common first aid needs.

Requirement 7

Make a personal first-aid kit. Demonstrate the proper use of each item in your first-aid kit.

Activities:

• DIY First Aid Kit (Indoor, energy 3, supplies 4, prep 4) Cub Scouts make and demonstrate the use of a first aid kit.

Resources

• First Aid Arrow of Light adventure page

Note: This is an unofficial archive of Cub Scout Adventures that was automatically extracted from the Scouting America website and may contain errors.