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Badge requirements
- Have passed the First Aid Scoutcraft Badge and be able to re-demonstrate those skills. OR Complete all the requirements for the First Aid Scoutcraft Badge.
- Demonstrate your knowledge about the need to wash your hands and understand how to keep healthy and clear of infection.
- Demonstrate how to:
- Prepare and ventilate (air) a sick room.
- Change a bed with a patient in the bed.
- Take temperature, pulse, and respiration.
- Prop up a patient in bed and make the patient comfortable in a sitting position.
- Explain what to check before assisting a patient to take their medication and know the necessary precautions to be taken in the handling and storage of drugs and medicines.
- Show your knowledge of bedsores and their causes.
- Demonstrate how to:
- Bed-bath a patient.
- Brush a patient's teeth.
- Keep the mouth clean.
- Shave a patient.
- Brush hair and make it tidy.
- Cut nails.
- Complete ONE of the following:
- Friend to the Blind:
- Know the best way to Guiding and helping a blind person.
- Know what organisation/amenities cater for the blind.
- Prove that you have used your knowledge in the service of others.
- Friend to the Deaf:
- Be able to use the manual alphabet and know when it is possible to use this method.
- Understand the importance of lip reading and the correct position to adopt in order to give the lip reader the best chance of reading lips.
- Understand how sound is normally heard and know the functions of the three part of the ear.
- Prove that you have used your knowledge in the service of others.
- Friend to the Disabled:
- Know a little about the national council for the handicapped, where they are located and how to contact them.
- Visit a local home and know the type of handicapped person for whom it caters.
- Know how to handle an epileptic or similar fit.
- Know the general precautions to be taken when dealing with this type of person.
- Under supervision, help with a handicapped person and show that you understand their needs.
- Know why handicapped people should be stimulated. Describe the stimulation programme of the person they/you are assisting
- Complete ONE of the following:
- Baby Care
- Spend time with an infant (under the age two). Watch the child carefully and keep a record of your discoveries.
- Find out what immunisations are necessary for children and why.
- Demonstrate that you know how to hold, feed and drees an infant.
- Be able to change a nappy and understand the important of cleanliness, the dangers of nappy rash etc.
- Prepare a meal/snack or bottle of formula for an infant. Understand the danger of diarrhoea and how to prevent dehydration in infants.
- Explain what toys are suitable for the particular age of the infant you are working with.
- Decide what you would need if you were taking an infant on an all-day outing. Explain why you would include each item.
- Know how to do CPR for babies
- Childcare (Children aged 3 – 5)
- Part One:
- Know how a child should be clothed in summer and winter.
- Know what food is suitable for them.
- Know what kind of play materials should be given.
- Plan a day recognising the important or regular routine.
- Know how to prevent accidents in the home and garden and around water
- Part Two:
- Take charge of a child or small group of children for part of a day under the supervision of an adult. This should include:
- Helping them to wash before a meal and serving a meal; or putting them to bed.
- Setting out suitable material for play and watching them play – joining in if a child requires it.
- Tell a story to them.
- Know how to deal with chocking and CPR for children
Requirements in PDF
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