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First Aid Training

The Newport Scout & Guide 1st Aid Team has been operating within the Scout District and the Girlguiding Division of Newport for the last 30 years; providing training to for Scout & Guide leaders.

 

  2010/ 2011 First Aid Courses

 

For many years the team principally taught the HSE First Aid at Work, being a qualification recognised nationally and with add-ons proved successful as an additional qualification for ones CV. Recently the structure of the course has altered and the team has decided not offer the course which even to re-qualify needed to be spread over two week-ends. The team trainers are all registered St John�s in Wales trainers and they also offer the First Response and various levels of the Scout Emergency Aid Badge.

 

The demands on the time of the Scout & Girlguiding Leaders is increasing with the extra training requirements needed in this modern world and so we have taken the opportunity to change one of our courses.

 

The British Red Cross have a Practical First Aid Certificate, which has been introduced in a partnership between Scouting & Girlguiding and British Red Cross.

 

The course is a more in depth 1st Aid training than the 1st Response and it can be taught over one week-end, it being a 14 hour contact course and on the second day, where possible there is outdoor practical training.

 

 

Red Cross Practical First Aid Certificate

 

The Scout Association in Partnership with the Red Cross has allowed Scout trainers teach the Red Cross Practical First Aid Certificate. This is a two-day First Aid qualification is recognised outside of Scouting. The course is a minimum of 14 hours and incorporates the minimum of:

  • The Principles of First Aid and Initial Response (arriving at and managing an incident).
  • Emergency Life Support (DRABC, and the recovery position).
  • CPR, including technique for children.
  • Shock.
  • Bleeding (major and minor).
  • Causes and treatment of unconsciousness.
  • Heat exhaustion, heat stroke and hypothermia.
  • Burns and scalds.
  • Fractures and soft tissue injuries.
  • Minor injuries (for example, cuts, grazes and nosebleeds)
  • Meningitis.

 

 

First Response Courses

 

This course is the minimum level of 1st Aid that all leaders in both the Scout Association and Girlguiding (UK) demand for any leader who holds an appointment in either association.

 

Any duly qualified trainer can run courses and we run these courses in the main training centre and we are able to put in extra courses on demand.

 

This course is a minimum of 6-hour contact course and is a basic course as a first responder to an accident.

 

Extract from 1st Response Working Group:
1st Response is a training package designed to help leaders within The Guide Association and The Scout Association build up their confidence and skills to cope should an incident occur. Knowing what to do and what your limitations are is important as incidents can happen at any time - at a unit meeting, out-of-doors, on a residential event etc. You may be the first person to arrive at the scene of an emergency and you will need to take control of a situation until somebody more experienced can take over from you. This includes dealing with the first aid emergency as well as coping with other people and dangerous situations.

 

Emergency Aid Badge Scheme

 

The Scout Association in Partnership with the Red Cross have developed the "Emergency Aid" Staged Activity badge scheme for Young People to be trained within.

The basic premise is that the staged badge scheme follows the ability of the young people as they progress through scouting.

  • Emergency Aid 1 is aimed at Beavers (1-2 hrs)
  • Emergency Aid 2 is aimed at Cubs (2-3 hrs)
  • Emergency Aid 3 is aimed at Scouts (4-5 hrs)
  • Emergency Aid 4 (8 hrs)
  • Emergency Aid 5  (16 hrs)

Whist these staged badges are aimed at sections to provide progression all stages are available thought the age groups.

Emergency Aid 1 BadgeEmergency Aid 2 BadgeEmergency Aid 3 BadgeEmergency Aid 4 BadgeEmergency Aid 5 Badge

 

The Emergency Aid 4 badge exceeds the requirements of the First Response course. 
The requirements for the trainer experience and qualification increase with each stage.

 

For more information on these staged badges and the requirements for each stage please go to: 
http://www.scoutbase.org.uk/library/hqdocs/badges/staged-emai.htm or 
http://www2.scouts.org.uk/emergencyaid/

 

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