1st Bullsbrook Air Scout Group
Pioneer Emergencies
To achieve the Pioneer Emergencies Target, the Scout must complete the following:
1. Recognition
Be able to suggest at least five different situations that could be classified as an emergency.
2. Knowledge
Learn the following:
a) the importance of checking for any dangers to yourself and others before approaching an unconscious person
b) how to correctly check if a person is breathing
c) the common causes of a blocked airway, and how to clear it
d) how to open the airway.
3. Visit
With your Patrol or other Scouts visit one of the following and report on their preparations for particular emergencies
a) Fire Station
b) Police Operations Room
c) State Emergency Services Station
d) Casualty at a public hospital
e) Ambulance Station
f) Surf Life Saving Club
g) Meals on Wheels kitchen
h) Railway breakdown crew
i) An airport
j) Quarantine Station
k) Air/Sea Rescue Station.
4. Treatment
The basic principles of first aid:
a) learn how to control bleeding from a badly cut arm or leg
b) learn how to treat a nose bleed
c) know four uses of a triangular bandage
d) learn the treatment for minor burns and scalds sustained at camp
e) learn how to treat fractures to the lower arm and leg.
5. Activity
In a Scout activity:
a) learn two types of hand seats and know when each should be used
b) assist in carrying a patient on a stretcher
c) with another Scout:
i) inspect your Troop meeting place or home garage/storage shed
ii) list the things which may be dangerous, and
iii) help fix at least one of them
d) with your Patrol, or other Scouts, assist in one mock emergency activity.
