The first aid event challenges the scouts with their first class first aid skills.  The event is a practical one in which the scouts are presented with a "real life" first aid scenario.  The scouts are judged on how they react to the situation, how they treat the victim and how they work together as a team.

First Class First Aid Requirements:

• Show first aid for the following:
• Simple cuts and scratches
• Blisters on the hand and foot
• Minor burns or scalds (first degree)
• Bites and stings of insects and ticks
• Poisonous snakebite
• Nosebleed
• Frostbite and sunburn
• Prepare a personal first aid kit to take with you on a hike.
• Demonstrate first aid for the following:
• Object in the eye
• Bite of a suspected rabid animal
• Puncture wounds from a splinter, nail, and fishhook
• Serious burns (second degree)
• Heat exhaustion
• Shock
• Heatstroke, dehydration, hypothermia, and hyperventilation
• Tell the five most common signs of a heart attack. Explain the steps (procedures) in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).