First Aid First Response

Before the meeting: 

1. Print Emergency Contact Information worksheet for each Cub Scout. 
2. Set up meeting space for Cub Scouts to fill out worksheet. Set up additional space that is free of obstacles, allowing Cub Scouts to have room to practice first aid response. 

During the meeting: 

1. Have Cub Scouts fill out the Emergency Contact Information worksheet. Discuss where this might be placed in their home for easy access. Explain to Cub Scouts what they should do when encountering an emergency that requires first aid: 
   • Check. Make sure the scene is safe before approaching. You can’t help anyone if you become a victim yourself.  
   • Calm down and think. Take a couple of seconds to assess the situation and decide what needs to be done. Staying calm may be hard to do, but it’s important. The victim will feel better knowing you are in control, and you will be able to make better decisions than if you were panicked.  
   • Call. If the victim seems badly hurt, send someone to call for medical help. If no one is there to do that, call for help and offer to assist the victim.  
   • Care. Explain that you know first aid and get permission to treat the victim before doing anything else. When sending someone to get help, point at a specific person and say something like, “Juan, go call 911 and ask for an ambulance.” Don’t assume everybody knows what to do.  
   • Do not move a badly hurt person unless they are in further danger. It may be necessary to move a person if there is a nearby fire or if the person is lying in the road. But never move an injured person unless it is absolutely necessary. Check the victim for “hurry cases.”  
   • Treat the victim for shock. 
2. Have Cub Scouts buddy up. Assign an adult to each buddy group. 
3. Have one Cub Scout be the victim and the other Cub Scout be the responder. The adult will be the victim in need of first aid. Tell Cub Scouts that as buddies they come upon the “victim” and must act out what they should do.  
4. Practice until Cub Scouts are comfortable.