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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.

If you’re taking part in the Young Leaders’ Scheme, you can take this badge as an alternative to the Young Leaders’ Module K First Aid Master Class. Stage 5 exceeds the requirements of First Response.

You will need to take part in around six to eight 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. is having a stroke
    10. has a head injury
    11. has a suspected spinal injury
    12. has a sprain or strain
    13. has a broken bone
    14. is having an asthma attack
    15. has meningitis
    16. is experiencing a diabetic emergency
    17. is having a severe allergic reaction
    18. is having a seizure

March 2024.

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

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