1st Bullsbrook Air Scout Group
Scout Award Scheme
Explorer Emergencies
To achieve the Explorer Emergencies Target. the Scout must complete the following:
1. Recognition
Be able to suggest at least ten very different situations that could be classified as an emergency.
2. Knowledge
a) Demonstrate a knowledge, and use of EAR.
b) Demonstrate how to approach an unconscious patient.
c) Demonstrate how to identify if the patient is breathing.
d) Explain the difference between venous and arterial bleeding.
e) Demonstrate how to control all forms of external bleeding,
f) Demonstrate how to use the fire extinguisher in your Troop meeting place or home.
g) Know on what type of fire it should be used/not used.
3. With your Patrol or other Scouts:
a) visit one of the locations listed in Pioneer Emergencies No 3.
OR
b) arrange a visit to your Troop by a representative of one of those services.
4. Activity
a) By participating with your Patrol or other Scouts in two mock emergencies, demonstrate an understanding of the basic principles of first aid.
b) Demonstrate the method of dealing with a patient in contact with a live electric wire.
c) With your Patrol:
i) build a bush stretcher or an improvised stretcher, and
ii) use this stretcher to carry a patient over a distance of 500m
