Objectives, content and duration

First Response is 6 hours of learning that provides the skills and knowledge to enable our volunteers to keep Scouts members as safe as possible while they are in our care.

By the end of the learning, participants will have been: 

• Provided with relevant, simple, first aid information.
• Helped to build confidence and skills in coping with emergency and first aid situations.
• Equipped with the knowledge needed to manage first aid emergencies. 

First Response learning focuses on three main areas: 

1. Life support: The principles of first aid and initial response (arriving and managing an incident), emergency life support, CPR (including technique for children and an explanation of what AED is and how to use it), management of an unconscious casualty (child and adult) and choking. 
2. Trauma and injury: Shock, bleeding, fractures (ambulance imminent and non-imminent) and sprains, head injuries, dental incidents and burns.
3. Major illnesses: Asthma, anaphylaxis, heart attack, stroke, seizures, diabetes, sepsis and meningitis.