I forgot the write the blog last week (oops!) so here is both last week and this week together in one post.
9 – Courage in All Difficulties
I’m of the opinion that one of the most useful skills for anyone to have is First Aid. The times where you use it are so slim but the correct use of it can save lives. This week, we taught the Scouts some of those skills.
We got to work immediately following flag with leaders taking one patrol each to some part of the hall. We had 8 topics to cover between 4 rotations.
Emily and I covered Primary Survey, Recovery Position and CPR. We showed the Scouts the steps they would need to follow if they found someone unconscious. We also had access to the Resusci Annies to we could show and practice CPR.
Ben covered Bleeding and Shock. He showed the Scouts how to deal with a minor bleed, major bleed and shock. We were donated out of date First Aid supplies a long time ago so the Scouts were able to practice.
Neil covered Choking and Asthma. Asthma may only affect a fraction of people but its a really good topic to practice ‘people skills’ as this may be a topic where you need to be calm as it can catch some by surprise and can be quite stressful.
Outside, Skip spoke about the temperature based parts of the evening, Heat Exhaustion and Hypothermia. Hypothermia is probably one of the things we are at most risk to, considering we can spend time outside in the cold a lot more than most people.
We also had a few badges this evening. Well done to the following:
If you are interested in any of the content we taught the Scouts during the evening, you can download it below:
10 – Peak Performance
This week at Scouts, we put the Scouts through their paces.
We decided to run a Fitness themed evening on Friday. To start with we played a few rounds of Crab Football where all the Scouts have to get down on all 4’s but with their stomachs facing up. Some Scouts tried to bend the rules by shuffling around on their bottoms…
Orla then led some stretches after to get the Scouts prepared and in gear for the next part of the evening.
We had 2 parts to the evening. Inside, I was leading a bleep test where Scouts have to try and beat a continuous bleeps over 20 mins by running between 2 points. We then record the level they drop out at. That then shows who the fittest Scouts are.
Outside, the Scouts did some lighter fitness exercises with Hula Hoops, led by Emily and Skip. They were then take inside by Ben to talk about eating enough before any kind of exercise and what happens if you lack that energy.
