FirstAid

Personal First-Aid Kit

The Boy Scout Handbook recommends that personal first aid kits include:

• Adhesive bandages 6
• Sterile gauze pads, 4-by-4-inch 2
• Adhesive tape 1 small roll
• Moleskin, 3-by-6-inch 1
• Soap or alcohol-based hand sanitizing gel 1 small bar or travel-sized bottle
• Antibiotic ointment (Bacitracin) 1 small tube
• Scissors 1 pair
• Tweezers 1 pair
• Disposable non-latex gloves 1 pair (Use medical gloves from your first aid kit to protect yourself whenever first aid emergencies involve blood or other body fluids.)
• Mouth-barrier device for rescue breathing 1
• Pencil and paper 1

Troop First-Aid Kit

c/o Troop Medic

Backstock qty	Qty in Kit	item descr.	Exp. date
0	1 ea.	ace bandage (Lg)	n/a
1 ea.	1 ea.	ace bandage (Md)	n/a
1 ea.	1 ea.	ace bandage (Sm)	n/a
0	100 ea.	alcohol swabs	n/a
0	5 ea.	bandaid (knuckle)	n/a
0	5 ea.	bandaid 1 in. x 2 in.	n/a
192 ea.	32 ea.	bandaid 1 in. x 3 in.	n/a
0	5 ea.	bandaid 1/2 in. x 3 in.	n/a
0	5 ea.	bandaid 2 in. x 4 in.	n/a
0	5 ea.	bandaid (fingertip)	n/a
0	5 ea.	bandaid waterproof 1 in. x 2 in.	n/a
0	24 ea.	Bendryl	4/2011
0	6 ea.	cold tablets (day)	6/2011
0	6 ea.	cold tablets (night)	6/2011
~50 balls	~ 15 balls	cotton	n/a
16 lonenges	12 lonenges	cough drops	1/2011
0	1 ea.	CPR barrier	n/a
0	1 roll	duct tape	n/a
0	20 ea.	eye patch	n/a
0	1 ea.	first aid booklet	n/a
0	1	foot powder	n/a
0	1 ea.	gauze (roll)	n/a
0	15 ea.	gauze (apd) 2 in x 2 in	n/a
0	6 ea.	gauze (pad) 4 in x 4 in	n/a
1	1	hand sanitizer	n/a
54 pkts	20 ea.	hydrocortizone (1%)	8/2010
0	100 tablets	ibuprofen (200 mg)	4/2011
0	2 ea.	ice pack	n/a
0	1	insect repellant	n/a
118	0	itch-relief cream (hydrocortizone)	1/2011
0	1 ea.	lighter	n/a
0	1 roll	moleskin	n/a
0	1 pr.	nail clippers	n/a
0	1 ea.	neckerchief (tri. bndg.)	n/a
0	6 assort.	needles	n/a
0	1 tube	neoporin	2/2011
0	~10 ea.	nitril gloves	n/a
4 ea.	1 ea.	notepad	n/a
0	1 ea.	pen	n/a
0		safety pins	n/a
0	1 pr.	scissors	n/a
12 ea.	15 ea.	second skin	n/a
0	1 ea.	side cutters	n/a
0	1 bar	soap	n/a
0	1	sunscreen	n/a
0	1 ea.	tape (paper)	n/a
0	1 ea.	thermometer	n/a
0	1 spool	thread (heavy duty)	n/a
24 tablets	12 tablets	Tums	5/2011
0	1 pr.	tweezers	n/a
0	40 tablets	Tylenol	11/2011
0	1 ea.	Vaseline	n/a

Tenderfoot Req. 12

Demonstrate how to care for someone who is choking.

Show first aid for the following:

• Simple cuts and scrapes
• Blisters on the hand and foot
• Minor (thermal/heat) burns or scalds (superficial, or first degree)
• Bites and stings of insects and ticks
• Venomous snakebite
• Nosebleed
• Frostbite and sunburn

Second Class Req. 7

a. Show what to do for "hurry" cases of stopped breathing, serious bleeding, and ingested poisoning.

b. Prepare a personal first aid kit to take with you on a hike.

c. Demonstrate first aid for the following:

• Object in the eye
• Bite of a suspected rabid animal
• Puncture wounds from a splinter, nail, and fishhook
• Serious burns (partial thickness, or second degree)
• Heat exhaustion
• Shock
• Heatstroke, dehydration, hypothermia, and hyperventilation

First Class Req. 8

a. Demonstrate tying the bowline knot and describe several ways it can be used.

b. Demonstrate bandages for a sprained ankle. and for injuries on the head, the upper arm, and the collarbone.

c. Show how to transport by yourself, and with one other person, a person:

• from a smoke-filled room
• with a sprained ankle, for at least 25 yards.

d. Tell the five most common signals of a heart attack. Explain the steps (procedures) in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).