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Emergency Aid Staged Activity Badge

Emergency Aid Staged Activity Badge

Emergency Aid badge

If you hold a first aid award covering this or a similar syllabus from a recognised first aid provider (such as the British Red Cross or St John Ambulance) you can automatically get this badge.

You will need to take part in around two to three hours of training, which should be taught by an adult with relevant knowledge.

  1. Explain to your leader or another adult about how to call 999.
  2. Explain how you help someone who:
    1. is unconscious
    2. is unconscious and not breathing
    3. is bleeding
    4. has heat exhaustion
    5. has hypothermia
    6. is choking
    7. has a burn
    8. is having an asthma attack

December 2024.

Requirements can be adapted to suit each young persons abilities. See our guidance on flexibility.

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