What you need to do
- Discuss with the tester
- why first aid is important
- why you should get medical help as soon as possible and how you would do this
- why you should get adult help as soon as possible
- why you must think of your own safety before rushing to help a casualty
- how you think someone might feel if they have had an accident
- Know how to check whether a casualty is unconscious or not
- Show how to open an airway
- Show how to check someone for breathing and signs of circulation
- Show how to put a casualty into recovery position. Explain when and why you would do this
- Use a resuscitation manikin to show how to give rescue breaths. Explain when and why you would do this
- Know why your blood is important to you. Show how you would deal with the following types of bleeding
- Small graze or cut
- Nosebleed
- Serious deep cut with a lot of bleeding
- Cut that has a piece of glass in it
- Explain how and why you would protect yourself when dealing with a casualty who is bleeding
- Know what causes burns and scalds. Show how you would treat them
- Describe what would make you suspect that someone had a broken bone
- Show what you would do if you thought a bone was broken
For the First Aid Advanced badge you need to:
- Hold the Brownie First Aid badge
- Use a resuscitation manikin to show how to give rescue breaths followed by chest compressions
- Know when you might need to do this and how to carry it out safely
- Discuss with the tester
- what shock is
- why someone who has had a serious accident may suffer shock
- how to recognise shock
- why it is important to deal with shock quickly
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