“Hurry” Cases

Before the meeting: 

1. Set up meeting space free of obstacles and allow for Cub Scouts to have room to move about. 

During the meeting: 

1. Explain to Cub Scouts they will be demonstrating different types of first aid during this den meeting. 
2. Review the 3 C’s: 
   • Check- Make sure the scene is safe for you. And then check the victim. 
   • Call- Call 911. Call out for help and send two people for help. 
   • Care-Care for the victim to the best of your ability while you wait for help to arrive.  
3. Practice serious bleeding. Ask Cub Scouts to buddy up. Provide each set of buddies a set of supplies: disposable, latex-free gloves, eye protection, and neckerchief. Ask each set of buddies to decide who will be playing the victim first. Explain that they will each have a turn to be the victim.  Assign a parent or legal guardian or den chief to each set of buddies. The adult would be the person for the “Call” in the 3 C’s. 
   • Assign each buddy group a wound area: leg, arm, head. 
   • The victim should pretend to have a bleeding wound on the assigned area. 
   • The responder will initiate the 3 C’s and attend to the wound. 
   • When the serious bleeding wounds have been treated, review the results of each buddy group. 
   •  Ask the following questions: 
     • What should you do if you think the bone is broken? (try not to move it, but maintain pressure) 
     • What can we apply pressure within an emergency situation? (hand, fabric or gauze) 
   • Switch responder and victim and repeat exercise. 
4. Practice heart attack or sudden cardiac arrest and stopped breathing. Explain that the response to these two situations is the same. Ask Cub Scouts to buddy up. Provide each set of buddies a CPR breathing barrier. Ask each set of buddies to decide who will be playing the victim first. Explain that they will each have a turn to be the victim. Assign a parent or legal guardian or den chief to each set of buddies. The adult would be the person for the “Call” in the 3 C’s. 
5. Demonstrate how to do CPR on another adult. 
   • Place the person on their back on a firm, flat surface. Stand or kneel beside the person.  
   • Give 30 chest compressions 
     • Hand position: Two hands centered on the chest 
     • Body position: Shoulders directly over hands; elbows locked 
     • Depth: At least 2 inches 
     • Rate: 100 to 120 per minute  
     • Allow chest to return to normal position after each compression 
   • Give 2 pretend breaths 
     • Open the airway to a past-neutral position using the head-tilt/chin-lift technique 
     • Pinch the nose shut, take a normal breath. Tell Cub Scouts in an emergency they will make a complete seal over the person’s mouth with their mouth. But for this demonstration they can just blow onto the stuffed animal’s mouth without touching it, like blowing out a candle. 
     • Ensure each breath lasts about 1 second and makes the chest rise; allow air to exit before giving the next breath 
   • Tell Cub Scouts they will need to call 911, explain the situation, then continue to do this pattern until help arrives. 
   • Discuss the different signs for a heart attack, cardiac arrest, and stopped breathing, The 3 C’s may be different for each situation. 
   • Assign each buddy group either a heart attack, cardiac arrest or stopped breathing. 
   • Tell Cub Scouts that they will practice CPR with their buddy. The responder will initiate the 3 C’s. 
6. Switch responder and victim and repeat exercise. Practice stroke. Ask Cub Scouts to buddy up. Ask each set of buddies to decide who will be playing the victim first. Explain that they will each have a turn to be the victim. Assign a parent or legal guardian or den chief to each set of buddies. The adult would be the person for the “Call” in the 3 C’s. 
   • The victim should pretend to have a stroke, 
   • The responder will initiate the 3 C’s looking for face drooping, arm weakness, speech difficulty and time to call for help. 
   • Switch responder and victim and repeat exercise. 
   • Review the FAST acronym: 
     • Face Drooping 
     • Arm weakness 
     • Speech difficulty 
     • Time to call for help 
7. Ask the following: 
8. Practice poisoning. Ask Cub Scouts to buddy up. Ask each set of buddies to decide who will be playing the victim first. Explain that they will each have a turn to be the victim. Assign a parent or legal guardian or den chief to each set of buddies. The adult would be the person for the “Call” in the 3 C’s. 
   • Assign each buddy group a different poison: eating a poisonous mushroom, swallowing a household cleaning product, taking too much medicine, breathing toxic fumes. 
   • Each buddy group demonstrates the 3 C’s based on the type of poisoning. 
   • Ask the following questions for each demonstration: 
     • What do we need to do if someone has swallowed or breathed something toxic? 
     • How do we keep ourselves and others safe from being poisoned?