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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 must take part in formal training to gain this badge – a first aid award covering this or a similar syllabus. Your training must be from a recognised first aid provider, such as the British Red Cross or St John Ambulance, or someone qualified to deliver First Response.

If you’re taking part in the Young Leaders’ Scheme, you can use this badge as an alternative to the Young Leaders Module K First Aid Master Class.

You will need to take part in around three to six 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 a heart attack
    9. has a head injury
    10. has a suspected spinal injury
    11. has a sprain or strain
    12. has a broken bone
    13. is having an asthma attack
    14. has meningitis

April 2024.

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

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