Advancement Requirements
Excerpted from the Boy Scout Handbook
Boy Scouts of America
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Tenderfoot 12.a. Demonstrate the Heimlich maneuver and tell when it is used.
Tenderfoot 12.b. Show first aid for the following:
- Simple cuts and scratches
- Blisters on the hand and foot
- Minor burns or scalds (first degree)
- Poisonous snakebite
- Nosebleed
- Frostbite and Sunburn
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Second Class 6.a. Show what to do for "hurry" cases of stopped breathing, serious bleeding, internal bleeding poisoning.
Second Class 6.c. 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
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First Class 8.b. Demonstrate bandages for a sprained ankle and for injuries on the head, the upper arm, and the collarbone.
First Class 8.c. Show how to transport by yourself, and with one other person, a person:
- from a smoke-filled room
- with a sprained ankle, for at least 25 yards.
First Class 8.d. Tell the five most common signs of a heart attack. Explain the steps (procedures) in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
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Last revised 3/20/2001