First Aid Skills

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MeritBadge.Org offers over 200 First Aid Skills resources for Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, Varsity Scouts, and Ventures. Resources are from the Mayo Clinic, Harvard, American Academy of Family Practitioners (AAFP), WebMD, About.com, Expert Village (EVVideo), and ProFirstAid (PFAVideo). See the Disclaimers.

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Contents Abrasion-Scrape AEDs Altitude Sickness Assessing Injury Back Injury Bites StingsBees Black eye Bleeding Blisters Bloodborne   Pathogens Broken Bone Bruise (Contusion) BurnsChest Pain Choking Cold Reactions Convulsion CPR Cramps Cuts (Lacerations) Dehydration Electrical Burns Electrical Shock Eye Injury First Aid Kit Fishhook FracturesFrostbite Getting Help Head Injury Hearing Loss Heart Attack Heart Disease Heat Exhaustion Heat Reactions Heat Stroke Heimlich Hyperventilation Hypothermia Insect Bites Stings Motion SicknessMuscle Cramps Muscle Sprains Muscle Strains Nausea-Fainting Neck Injuries Nosebleeds Object in Eye Poisoning Poisonous Animals Poisonous Plants Puncture Wound Scratches Shock SeizureSlings - Splints Snakebite Spinal Injury Splinters Sprained Ankle Sprains - Strains Stopped Breathing Stroke Sunburn Tick Bites Tooth Injury Transporting Triage Wilderness First Aid

General Topics

• 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 - Physcial
• Mayo Clinic First Aid Guide - Mayo Clinic: Fever
  

►  Expert Village Videos: First Aid - Basics - Basics2
► About.com - offers a number of first aid videos.
► ProFirstAid (PFAVideo) - an entire online first aid course for free. Pay if you want their certificates.
► American Red Cross Training Online - The Greater Indianapolis Chapter offers many certified American Red Cross first aid courses for a fee.

First Aid Kit

See: First Aid Kit

AED

Shortcut: AED

• WebMD: Automated External Defibrillators (AED)
  

►  PFAVideo: AED Intro

Altitude Sickness

Shortcut: Altitude Sickness

• WebMD: Altitude Sickness - Wikipedia: Altitude Sickness

Requirement for Camping and Hiking Merit Badges.

Bites and Stings

Shortcut: Bites - Stings - Bee Stings

• Mayo Clinic: Insect bites and stings - AAFP: Stings & Bites - WebMD:Insect Bites and Stings - Mayo Clinic: Spider bites - Mayo Clinic: Animal bites - AAFP: Cat and Dog Bites
  

►  EVVideo: Insect Bites & Stings - EVVideo: First Aid for Insect Bites - EVVideo: Brown Recluse Spider Bite - EVVideo: Chigger Bite - EVVideo: How to Treat Insect Bites & Stings - EVVideo: Bee Stings - EVVideo: Bee Stings

Tick Bites

Shortcut: Ticks - Tick Bites

• Mayo Clinic: Tick bites - WebMD: Ticks Treatment
  

►  EVVideo: Ticks

Bleeding

Shortcut: Bleeding

• Mayo Clinic: Bleeding - Harvard: Bleeding - Harvard: Direct Pressure - Harvard: Butterfly Bandage - Mayo Clinic: Bleeding Video - WebMD: Bleeding

►  EVVideo: Bleeding - EVVideo: Bleeding2 - PFAVideo: Minor Bleeding - PFAVideo: Serious Bleeding - About.com Video: Dress a Wound

• Wikipedia: Tourniquet

Blisters

Shortcut: Blisters

• Mayo Clinic: Blisters - Blisters

Bloodborne Pathogens

Shortcut: Bloodborne Pathogens

• Bloodborne Pathogens
  

► PFAVideo: Introduction to Bloodborne Pathogens - PFAVideo: What are Bloodborne Pathogens? - PFAVideo: How to Reduce the Risk of Bloodborne Pathogens

Broken Bones

Shortcut: Broken Bones - Fractures

• Mayo Clinic: Broken Bones - Harvard: Broken Bones - WebMD: Understanding Fractures
• Mayo Clinic: Dislocation - Shoulder Dislocation (Required for Whitewater Merit Badge.)
• Mayo Clinic Broken Bone Symptoms & Treatments: Arm - Collarbone - Broken leg - Hand/Wrist/Fingers - Ankle/Foot -
• WebMD Broken Bone Symptoms & Treatments Arm - Collarbone - Finger - Foot - Hand - Leg - Toe

Burns

Shortcut: Burns

• Mayo Clinic: Burns - AAFP: Burns - WebMD: Burns
  

►  EVVideo: Burns - About.com Video: Burn - About.com: Types of Burns Video - EVVideo: Treating Second Degree Burns

Cancer

Shortcut: Cancer

• American Cancer Society: Signs & Symptoms of Cancer - Mayo Clinic: Cancer Defined - Mayo Clinic: Cancer Myths - Warning Signs of Cancer

Chest Pain

Shortcut: Chest Pain

• Mayo Clinic: Chest pain - WebMD: Abdominal Pain

Choking

Shortcut: Choking- Heimlich- Heimlich maneuver

• WebMD: Choking - Mayo Clinic: Choking (Heimlich maneuver) - Harvard: Choking - Harvard: Heimlich Maneuver
  

►  EVVideo: First Aid for Choking Victims - PFAVideo: Choking - About.com Video: Heimlich Maneuver

Cold Reactions

Hypothermia

Shortcut: Hypothermia

• Mayo Clinic: Hypothermia - AAFP: Hypothermia - WebMD: Hypothermia

Frostbite

Shortcut: Frostbite

• Mayo Clinic: Frostbite - WebMD: Frostbite

►  About.com: Stages of Frostbite Video

CPR

Shortcut: CPR

• Mayo Clinic: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) - Harvard: CPR - AAFP: CPR - WebMD: CPR
  

►  EVVideo: CPR - PFAVideo: *NEW* Hands-Only CPR - About.com Video: Hands Only CPR - PFAVideo: Adult CPR - EVVideo: CPR Basics

Cuts - Scrapes - Abrasions - Bruises

Shortcut: Cuts - Scrapes - Abrasions

• Mayo Clinic: Cuts and Scrapes (also called Abrasions) - AAFP: Cuts, Scrapes and Stitches
  

►  EVVideo: Cuts (Lacerations) - EVVideo: Abrasions

Bruises

Shortcut: Bruises

• Mayo Clinic: Bruises (also called Contusions) - WebMD: Bruises
• Mayo Clinic: Black eye - WebMD: Black Eye - Black Eye (Black eye - a bruise near the eye)

Dehydration

Shortcut: Dehydration

• Mayo Clinic: Dehydration - Mayo Clinic: Youth Sports - Spotting & Preventing Dehydration - Mayo Clinic: How much should you drink every day? - WebMD: Dehydration

Electrical Burns - Electrical Shock

Shortcut: Electrical Burns - Electrical Shock

• Mayo Clinic: Electrical burns
• Mayo Clinic: Electrical shock

Eye Injury - Object in Eye

Shortcut: Eye Injury - Eye Injuries

• Mayo Clinic: Foreign object in the eye- Harvard: Removing a Speck From the Eye - WebMD: Eye Injury

Getting Help

Shortcut: Getting Help

• About.com: Calling for Help 101 - Be a Good 911 Caller - When Should You Call 911? - How 911 Works

►  EVVideo:Calling 911

Head, Neck, and Back Injuries

Head Injury

Shortcut: Head Injury

• Mayo Clinic: Head pain - Mayo Clinic: Head trauma - AAFP: Head Injuries - WebMD: Head Injuries

Spinal Injuries

Shortcut: Spinal Injuries - Neck Injuries - Back Injuries

• Harvard: Back Injuries - WebMD: Neck & Back Injuries - Mayo Clinic: Spinal injury
  

►  PFAVideo: Head, Neck and Back Injuries

Hearing Loss

Shortcut: Hearing Loss

Heart Attack

Shortcut: Heart Attack

• American Heart Association: Heart Attack - Warning Signs -Mayo Clinic: Heart attack - AAFP: Symptoms & Risk Factors - WebMD: Heart Attack

Heart Disease

Shortcut: Heart Disease

• Heart Disease Warning Signs - Warning Signs - AAFP: Avoiding a Heart Attack

Heat Reactions

Heat Exhaustion

Shortcut: Heat Exhaustion

• Heat-Related Illness - Mayo Clinic: Heat Exhaustion - WebMD: Heat Exhaustion and Heat Stroke -
• Mayo Clinic: Heat cramps

Heat Stroke

Shortcut: Heat Stroke

• Mayo Clinic: Heatstroke -

Hyperventilation

Shortcut: Hyperventilation

• eHow: Hyperventilation - WebMD: Hyperventilation

Hypothermia - Frostbite

Shortcut: Hypothermia - Frostbite

• Mayo Clinic: Hypothermia - AAFP: Hypothermia - WebMD: Hypothermia
• Mayo Clinic: Frostbite - WebMD: Frostbite

Muscle Sprains - Strains - Cramps

Shortcut: Sprains - Strains - Cramps

• Mayo Clinic: Sprains - WebMD: Strains
  

►  EVVideo: Strained Muscle - EVVideo: Slings

Sprained Ankle

Shortcut: Sprained Ankle

• Mayo Clinic: Sprained Ankle - AAFP: Ankle Sprains
• Mayo Clinic: Muscle Cramps

Nausea - Motion Sickness

Shortcut: Motion Sickness - Nausea

• Mayo Clinic: Indigestion-Understand and prevent heartburn, nausea and bloating - WebMD: Nausea
• WebMD: Motion Sickness - Wikipedia - Requirement for Motorboating Merit Badge and Small-Boat Sailing Merit Badge

Fainting

Shortcut: Fainting

• Mayo Clinic: Fainting - Dizziness - Nausea and Vomiting - Vertigo
  

►  PFAVideo: Fainting

Nosebleeds

Shortcut: Nosebleeds

• Mayo Clinic: Nosebleeds - Harvard: Nosebleeds - AAFP: Nosebleeds - WebMD: Nosebleeds
  

►  EVVideo: Nose Bleeds - About.com Video: Nosebleeds

Poisoning

Shortcut: Poisoning

• Mayo Clinic: Poisoning - WebMD: Poisoning
• Mayo Clinic: Food-borne illness

Poisonous Plants

Shortcut: Poisonous Plants

• Mayo Clinic: Poison Ivy Rash - WebMD: Poinson Ivy Treatment
  

►  *EVVideo: Poison Ivy & Poison Oak

Puncture Wounds

Shortcut: Puncture Wounds - Fishhook

• Mayo Clinic: Puncture wounds - WebMD: Puncture Wound - Tetanus
  

►  EVVideo: Puncture Wounds

Fishhook

• WebMD: Fishhook Injuries - AAFP Removing a Fishhook - Harvard: Removing a Fishhook

Splinters

• Mayo Clinic: Foreign object in the skin - WebMD: Removing Splinters

Seizures - Convulsions - Epilepsy

Shortcut: Seizures - Convulsions - Epilepsy

• WebMD: Seizures
  

►  EVVideo: Seizures - PFAVideo: Seizures

• Mayo Clinic: Epilepsy - WebMD: Epilepsy

Shock

Shortcut: Shock

Treat every accident victim for shock. -Boy Scout Handbook p. 291

• Mayo Clinic: Shock - WebMD: Shock
  

►  PFAVideo: Shock

Slings

Shortcut: Slings

• Harvard: Slings

Snakebite

Shortcut: Snakebite - Poisonous Animals

• Snakebite: Mayo Clinic: Snakebite - AAFP: Snakebite - Avoiding Snakebites - AAFP: Venomous Snakebites - WebMD: Snakebite
  

►  EVVideo: Venomous Snake Bite

• Poisonous Animals:
  

Splints

Shortcut: Splints

• Harvard: Splints

Stopped Breathing

Shortcut: Stopped Breathing

See CPR

• CPR & Resuce Breathing

Stroke

Shortcut: Stroke

• Mayo Clinic: Stroke - American Stroke Association: Stroke - Medicinenet: Stroke - Stroke Awareness Foundation - AAFP: Stroke Warning Signs and Avoiding Stroke
• Warning Signs: American Heart Association: Stroke Warning Signs - Stroke.Org - AAFP: Stroke Symptoms - Stroke Symptoms

Sunburn

Shortcut: Sunburn

• Mayo Clinic: Sunburn - WebMD: Sunburn
  

►  EVVideo: Sunburn

Tooth Injury

Shortcut: Tooth Injury

• WebMD: Tooth Broken or Knocked-out - Mayo Clinic: Tooth loss - Mayo Clinic: Toothache

Transporting an Injured Person

Shortcut: Transporting an Injured Person

• How to Move an Injured Person
  

►  EVVideo: How to Carry an Injured Person by Yourself

Triage

Shortcut: Triage - Assessing Injury

• Wikipedia: Triage

Wilderness First Aid

Shortcut: Wilderness First Aid

► EVVideo: Wilderness First Aid

Related Awards

Emergency Preparedness Awards

Emergency Preparedness-related awards

• Boy Scout Merit Badges: Crime Prevention - Emergency Preparedness - Fire Safety - First Aid - Lifesaving - Public Health - Safety- Traffic Safety
  
• Webelos Activity Badge: Readyman
• Others Links: First Aid Skills - First Aid Kit - Emergency Kit - Safe Swim Defense - Safety Afloat - Guide to Safe Scouting: First Aid
• Venturing: Ranger Award-Emergency Preparedness Requirement
• Camping Checklist
• Boy Scout Camping Merit Badge
• Webelos Webelos Outdoorsman

See also

• First Aid Merit Badge
• First Aid Kit
• Emergency Preparedness Merit Badge

External links

• Download PDF First Aid Manuals: 86 Pages from firstaidguide.net - 51 Pages from firstaidtopics.com - Note: these can only be supplemental materials.

Disclaimers

Disclaimer: This information is not intended as a substitute for professional medical advice, emergency treatment or formal first-aid training. Don't use this information to diagnose or develop a treatment plan for a health problem or disease without consulting a qualified health care provider. If you're in a life-threatening or emergency medical situation, seek medical assistance immediately.

Please note that the only first aid materials recommended by the Boy Scouts of America are those found or listed in official BSA materials such as the current First Aid Merit Badge Book and Boy Scout Handbook. First Aid Treatments are constantly being revised. Neither MeritBadge.Org, nor its contributors make any recommendations.

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