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Option 2

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Your session goals
Communicator
Communicator 20%
Survival Skills
Survival Skills 9%
Emergency Aid Stage 3
Emergency Aid Stage 3 6%
Emergency Aid Stage 4
Emergency Aid Stage 4 4%
Emergency Aid Stage 5
Emergency Aid Stage 5 3%

Session summary

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Session summary

You will start this session learning the signs and symptoms of choking and find out what you should do to help.  Next practise different ways to send messages and stay safe in a survival situation. 

Safety message

  • Complete frequent headcounts, especially during transitions and activities, to ensure no one is missing and everyone remains safe.
  • Always complete a register at the start of the meeting to record who is present.
  • If you are meeting or going out from your usual meeting place, remember there must be a designated leader in charge, who is not counted in the adult to young person ratio. 
  • Always remember to risk assess and plan for free time, even if it's just the first five minutes of the meeting.
  • Activities start when the first person arrives and end when the last person leaves, including leaders and their children.
  • Remember to review your risk assessment to ensure you have enough adults, which may be more than the minimum ratio.
  • Maintain and keep medical records up to date, check for any allergies or intolerances, this way you can plan to have the right resources.
  • Check the space is for hazards, keep the exits clear, and know the location of the nearest first aid kits.

Activities

Be an emergency aider: choking

15 mins

Learn the signs and symptoms of choking and find out what you should do to help.

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Emergency Aid Stage 3
  • Meets
  • Requirement 2.f
Emergency Aid Stage 4
  • Meets
  • Requirement 2.g
Emergency Aid Stage 5
  • Meets
  • Requirement 2.g

Signal and survive

1 hours

Practise different ways to send messages and stay safe in a survival situation.

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Communicator
  • Meets
  • Requirement 2.a
Survival Skills
  • Meets
  • Requirement 1.f
  • Requirement 1.g

Preparation

Equipment

  • Chairs
  • Torch or phone
  • Pens or pencils
  • Scrap paper
  • Small mirrors

Resources

Ground to air symbols

PDF - 226.1KB
Download Ground to air symbols

Morse code

PDF - 143.3KB
Download Morse code

Tracking signs

PDF - 533.3KB
Download Tracking signs

Session notes

If leaders are looking for a badge to celebrate this initiative with their young people, check out the Emergency Aid Staged Activity Badge and Scouts Survival Skills Activity badge.

Session summary

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