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
- 11. Poisonous Plants
- 12a. Choking
- 12b. Cuts - Scrapes - Abrasions - Bruises
- Second Class Rank First Aid Requirements
- 6a. Choking
- 6b. First Aid Kit
- 6c. Eye Injury - Object in Eye
- First Class Rank First Aid Requirements
- 8b.Sprained Ankle
- 8c. How to Move an Injured Person
- 8d. Chest Pain - Heart Attack - CPR - AEDs
2a. Video: Calling 911
2b. Triage
2c. Wikipedia: Bloodborne Pathogens
2d. First Aid Kit
3a, 3b, 3c. Shock
3d. Bleeding - Wikipedia: Tourniquet
3e. Bites and Stings
3f. Heat Exhaustion - Heat Stroke
4a. Broken Bones
4b. Head, Neck, and Back Injuries
5. You can use the chart in the First Aid Workbook
5a. Hypothermia - Frostbite
5d. Dehydration
5e. Cuts - Scrapes - Abrasions - Bruises
5f. Burns
5g. Chest Pain - Heart Attack - CPR - AEDs
5h, 5i. Tooth Injury
5j. Muscle Sprains - Strains - Cramps
6. Transporting an Injured Person
6c. ACEP: Automatic External Defibrillators - WebMD: Automated External Defibrillators (AED)
7. Communications Merit Badge #6 is to also to 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