Hawk Mountain Council
Frontier District
2018
Boy Scout
First Aid Meet
October 27th 2018
Oley Fairgrounds
Oley Pa.
HAWK MOUNTAIN COUNCIL
FRONTIER DISTRICT
Dear Scoutmasters & Committee Chairs:
The 2018 First Aid Meet will be different this year. It will take place outside at the Oley
Fairgrounds. This year will be a wilderness-themed First Aid Meet. All the Scenarios are things that can
Happen on a Campout, High Adventure or a hiking weekend .
This year’s First Aid Meet will be run like a Klondike Derby.
The 2018 First Aid Meet will continue a great tradition of Frontier District activities and the
Activities Committee is working hard to make the event exciting, challenging and include new items
suggested by Scouts and Leaders. We know November can be busy with Scouting for Food,
Thanksgiving, Recruiting, and completing JTE forms as well as your monthly activities and so the First Aid
Meet will be conducted in October this year.
Registration will be 7:45am until 8:15am. This year’s Meet will be held outdoors. Four scenarios
will be presented for the Patrols to demonstrate how to conduct appropriate First Aid techniques listed in
the Scout Handbook. The Patrols will be judged on their conduct and proper method for solving the
Scenarios
This guide will help to understand the event and the registration process. Please be aware of the
role adults have with other Patrols once the Meet begins. This will be a Scout event conducted on a
Patrol basis and since each Troop is expected to provide two-deep adult leadership at the First Aid Meet,
as required under the Scouting guidelines, we need the help of these adult leaders as trained judges. As
we do each year, we require one volunteer judge for each participating Patrol. To have the best
opportunity for an objective and fair environment for all our scouts we request judges to attend a
Judges’ Meeting the 30 minutes prior to the October Roundtable meeting on Wednesday,
October 10th, at 7:00pm at the Kutztown Armory in Kutztown, PA. If your judge cannot make the
meeting, please call me directly.
Please feel free to ask questions prior to the event and please feel free to contact either District
Executive Steven Gehris at (610) 926-3406 (Council Service Center) with administrative questions or
myself with event questions at (717) 314-8370. And having your Patrols prepared will go a long way to
help to make this a truly fun event for everyone!
Yours in Scouting,
Dan Trout
Frontier District Activities Committee
FRONTIER DISTRICT 2017 FIRST AID MEET
DATE:
TIME:
ADDRESS:
Saturday, October 27, 2018. NO ALTERNATE DATE, THE EVENT WILL
BE HELD RAIN, SNOW OR SHINE. Cancellation, if necessary due to
extreme circumstances, will be broadcast on WRFY (Y102FM), WEEU
(830AM), and District/Council social media by 7:00 am on Saturday.
7:45 AM to 2:00 PM. Event starts at 8:15
Oley Fairgrounds, 26 Jefferson St. Oley, PA 19547
PURPOSE:
The purpose of this Meet is to develop leadership, create team
participation, measure first aid proficiency with an attitude of good
sportsmanship, and to teach new methodologies and information.
ELIGIBILITY:
All registered Boy Scouts under the age of 18 years of age are eligible to
participate. Webelos Scouts are invited to be ‘victims’ if Patrols do not
have enough Boy Scouts (and they’ll have fun too!). Using a Webelos
Scout you brought improves your score for scenarios.
PATROLS:
Patrols for the Meet may consist of 5 to 10 members, including the
"victim." If possible, these teams should represent natural Patrols. There
is no limit to the number of Patrols that a Troop may enter. All Scouts
should be in uniform and must wear soft-soled shoes or sneakers.
EQUIPMENT:
1. Every Scouts needs a Back Pack and packed like they are going on an
overnight campout
2. Nitrile or latex gloves must be a part of each first aid kit and must be
worn when treating bleeding cases. This requirement cannot be
improvised.
3. Plastic goggles must also be a part of each first aid kit and must be
worn when treating bleeding cases. Only first aid treaters directly
treating the bleeding segment of the problems need to wear gloves
and goggles.
4. Articles of clothing may be used for padding.
5. Neckerchiefs, neckties, and other similar clothing may be used for tying
splints.
6. Two filled 1-liter water bottles (e.g. Nalgenes)
7. Personal First Aid Kit
8 The Patrol must figure out how to bring the Patrol/Troop First Aid Kit
without having to carry a big kit along .
9 Scouts must bring Sunscreen and or Bug Spray
10 Each Patrol must have a Current Scout Handbook, Field Guide or a
First Aid Merit Badge book.
11 Patrols need a writing instrument and paper to taking note
12 Each Scout has to bring a bag lunch and a snack
13. After the SPL registers/checks-in his unit, the whole Patrol will report
to Patrol Inspection to see if they have everything
14 Poles will be provided.
15. Injured victims will be provided for two scenarios, but the patrol must
bring along volunteers to serve as its own injured or sick victims. We
recommend working with your pack to identify volunteers from a
Webelos den.
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SCENARIOS:
Each problem will be based on the first aid requirements for the First Aid
Merit Badge. The latest edition of the official Boy Scout Handbook and
the First Aid Merit Badge pamphlet will be the authority for each problem
and the decision of the Chief Judge will be final. All judges will use a
uniform scoring system and will be rotated to different teams for each of
the scenarios. A graduated scoring system will be used (1, 3, or 5 points)
to earn credit for partially correct answers. Coaching from the sidelines
will disqualify any Patrol at the judge's discretion. Using a Webelos Scout
you brought as a ‘victim’ improves your score by 1 point.
FLAGS:
Troops and Patrols may bring flags to the Meet.
REGISTRATION:
ADVANCED REGISTRATION IS A MUST! Online registration on the
www.hmc-bsa.org calendar is encouraged. A registration form is attached
if needed. The registration fee of $10.00 per Scout must accompany the
registration form and must be turned into the Scout Service no later than
Friday October 12th 2018
EACH TEAM WILL BE REQUIRED TO INDICATE THE NAME OF AT
LEAST ONE ADULT JUDGE. THIS JUDGE WILL NOT ONLY NEED TO
BE AT THE FIRST AID MEET ON Saturday, October 27th, BUT ALSO
NEEDS TO ATTEND THE JUDGES' MEETING at the October10th
Roundtable, Wednesday, 7:00pm at the Kutztown Armory in Kutztown,
PA (take the drive at 390 College Boulevard with a bus stop shelter at the
end)
CHECK-IN:
Check-in on October 27th will begin at 7:45 AM and will end at 8:15 AM.
During this time, each Patrol will going to the Patrol inspection station
after their SPL checks them in.
The Patrol Leader will be the designated Patrol spokesperson. He will
register the Patrol, report to the Chief Judge, and receive instructions for
his unit. Special emphasis and scoring will be placed on the Patrol
Leader's leadership abilities.
The walk-in registration fee is an additional $5.00 per Scout if they or
their unit it not registered prior to arrival.
RECOGNITION:
The Meet is NOT a competition among Patrols, it is meant as a fun
measure of each Patrol's level of first aid proficiency. However, we
believe that achievement should be recognized, so the Top 5 patrols will
receive awards.
JUDGES:
As indicated above under REGISTRATION, Troops are responsible for
providing a judge for each Patrol Team and for ensuring their attendance
at the Judges' Meeting on October 10th. The preferred qualification for
adult judges is knowledge of basic first aid. They will be thoroughly
briefed at the judges' meeting on scoring the problems. We suggest
utilizing local ambulance counselors, Troop Committee members, and
parents. Judges WILL NOT judge their own Unit’s Patrol. Judges will
judge no more than two scenarios for a given patrol. Judges should arrive
no later than 8am on the day of the Meet.
OPERATION:
Problems will be presented as follows:
1. The problem will be announced and read to each Patrol by a station
Judge or Staff managing the Station.
2. Staff or the Judge managing the Station will tell the patrol when to start
and tell them how they have to do the scenario the time limit on the
Scenarios is 25 minutes.
GENERAL:
The Meet will start promptly at 8:25 AM. At the completion of each
problem period, Patrols shall, upon the judge's instruction, remove all
bandages, splints, etc. from the "victim;" replace all unused materials; and
back in their back packs to move on to the next problem. Each Scout
should where shoes for the First Aid Meet for outside activities
CALENDAR:
Scoutmasters and Committee Chairs should alert their Troop and Troop
Committee and put the October 27h date on all of your calendars.
VISITORS:
Visitors are welcome! All visitors, as well as Scoutmasters and other adult
leaders must remain in the spectator areas once the Meet b
Frontier District 2018 First Aid Meet
SAMPLE SCENARIO
TEAM NUMBER
TROOP NUMBER
JUDGE NAME
Problem No. 1
Scenario
Your patrol is outside your regular meeting place, having just completed your weekly patrol meeting. You hear screeching
tires and a loud crash. As you run to investigate, you see that two cars have collided in an intersection. One driver appears
to be unhurt and is out walking around. However, the other driver has apparently gotten out of the car on his own, but is now
lying alongside it on the road.
The driver lying along the road is moaning and seems to be confused. There is a gash on his forehead, possibly from hitting
the windshield.
Provide emergency treatment. You have 10 minutes.
Treatment Protocol
Treatment Step
Did the Patrol assess the scene for safety (traffic control, spilled
gasoline, etc.)
Did the Patrol interview the patient to determine what happened
and what the level of consciousness is?
Possible Head injury
Did the Patrol adequately stabilize the neck and spine
by holding it steady?
Did the Patrol adequately maintain control of the neck
and spine throughout the evolution?
Check
Available
Points
1-3-5
1-3-5
1-3-5
1-3-5
Forehead laceration
Did the Patrol apply a compress to the wound?
1-3-5
Did the Patrol apply a bandage to the wound?
1-3-5
Treat for shock
Make comfortable
1-3-5
Provide covering/blanket/jacket
1-3-5
Reassure patient
1-3-5
Did the Patrol send someone for help? Did someone make a
call to 911? Did they provide name, location, patient age, and
patient condition to the operator?
Did the Patrol have a leader?
Did the Patrol exhibit good teamwork?
Did a Webelos scout participate as a ‘victim’ that the Patrol
brought with them?
Enter points
from 911
scorecard.
1-3-5
1-3-5
TOTAL POINTS
61 Possible
0-1
Awarded
Points
HAWK MOUNTAIN COUNCIL
FRONTIER DISTRICT
2017 BOY SCOUT FIRST AID MEET
REGISTRATION FORM
Saturday October 27th, 2018
Oley Fairgrounds
TROOP # ____________ will have _______ Patrols participating in the First Aid Meet!
Please register ______________ Scouts @ $10.00 each = _______________
Leader in Charge:
Address:
Phone Number:
Email:
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Each Troop must provide at least one adult judge for each Patrol registered:
Name
Phone Number
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PLEASE SUBMIT REGISTRATION AND FEE BY WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24TH, 2018 TO:
HAWK MOUNTAIN COUNCIL
FRONTIER DISTRICT BOY SCOUT FIRST AID MEET
5027 POTTSVILLE PIKE
READING, PA 19605-1284
____ (Check): Make checks payable to: Hawk Mountain Council
____ (Credit Card): (circle one) MasterCard – Visa – Discover
Name as it appears on card: ___________________________________________
Address:_______________________________________________________________
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Credit Card Number: ___________________________________________________________
Expiration Date: _______________________ 3 digit code on back of card: _______________
Please Note: A $5.00 per Scout late fee will be applied to day-of/walk-in registrations.
There is no alternate date and the event is rain or shine. Apologies, refunds are not available.