Health & Safety Committee SPECIAL NOTICE
There are two very important updates - a new Tour Permit, and a new Medical Record. These two forms are now available by clicking the links at the bottom of every page on this website. - NEW - TOUR PERMIT for 2009 - (34426) This new form replaces the older form and offers the ability to type in the information.
- NEW - MEDICAL FORM for 2009 - (334605) This new form replaces both of the older medical forms. It will be required after January 1, 2010. For 2009, this form as well as the older Class 1&2 and Class 3 Medical forms are all approved for use by the National Office. For convenience, anyone having a physical this year for team sports, travel, etc. should use the new form. This is the only form that will be accepted for the National Scout Jamboree.
 Click here for more information on the new Annual Health and Medical Record Health and Safety Committee point of contact is:
Sven Rundman Health & Safety Committee
Advisor -- Mike Donaghue Scouting Safely
Visit the "Scouting Safely" web page at the National Boy Scout Website.
Training Programs offered by the Health & Safety Committee = CPR = First Aid = Wilderness First Aid Please check the NCAC Training Calendar for dates and registration links.
WILDERNESS FIRST AIDWilderness First Aid Courses arranged by NCAC meet 2 levels of training established by Boy Scouts of America. - Wilderness First Aid (16 – 20 hours) -- course meets the needs for this level of training established by Boy Scouts in May 2009 for Scouts and their leaders including those going to Philmont.
- To arrange a course at this level please contact Craig Johnson, Course Director via email: craigbsa@msn.com
- 6 student minimum per class
- Current CPR certification is required prior to class
- Does not have to been held on 2 consecutive days
- Wilderness First Aid (25—30 hours) -- designed to meet the needs of the Venturing Ranger Program including the optional first aid requirements. This course is schedule to be conducted twice during the next Scout year on the following dates:
- March 26--28-, 2010 - Camp Snyder at Camp W.B. Snyder
 - Cost: $150 (There are no refunds for any payment made)
- Limit of 24 students per class on a first come first serve basis.
- Current CPR certification is required prior to class
- Class starts at 7:30 PM on Friday
- For more information, please contact Craig Johnson, Course Director via email: craigbsa@msn.com
- Merit Badge Opportunity
- Emergency Preparedness item #7 if you volunteer as a patient on the Sunday class sessions as a patient.
CPR/AED/First Aid Dates: (course fee $50) - February 27, 2010
- March 28, 2010
- April 25, 2010
- May 22, 2010
- Limit of 24 students per class on a first-register first-serve basis
- Class Check-in Registration opens at 7:45 AM
- Class Starts at 8:00 AM and end at approximately 4:00 PM
- Includes Adult/Child/Infant CPR and meets the VA State requirements for Daycare providers.
- There are no refunds for any payment made.
- For more information, please contact Craig Johnson, Course Director via email: craigbsa@msn.com
CPR/First Aid/Wilderness First Aid Instructor Course: offered at Camp Snyder (course fee: $250)
Guide to Safe Scouting The most recent version of this "must have" publication is available to view on line and/or download. For assistance please contact your district executive listed in the Staff Directory (Contact Us page) or call the Marriott Scout Service Center, 301-530-9360.
BSA Guide to Safe Scouting - with search capabilities BSA
BSA Guide to Safe Scouting - view on line, print, or download HTML BSA The "Sweet Sixteen" of BSA Safety -- http://www.scouting.org/pubs/gss/gss09.html#a
Document Library --- See Documents menu on left side of page - Activity Planning Guide
- Caving
- District Health and Safety Chairman -- Job Description
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Lantern and Stovemanship
- Parent or Guardian Informed Consent
- Sanitation and Food Handling in the Field
- Sweet 16 Rules for Safe Food
- Tour Permits and Insurance
- Weather
- Wilderness First Aid and Risk Management
Award Programs Emergency Preparedness BSA http://www.scouting.org/Media/Publications/EmergencyPreparedness.aspx The BSA Physical Fitness Award http://www.scouting.org/Media/Publications/PhysicalFitness.aspx The BSA Ready & Prepared Award http://www.scouting.org/Awards/BSAReadyandPrepared.aspx
Safe Swim Defense/Safety Afloat Online Training
For over three quarters of a century, the Boy Scouts of America has worked to develop the character, citizenship, and personal fitness of America's youth — and to do it safely! As a major youth-serving organization, the Boy Scouts of America has a unique opportunity to help protect the youth of our nation while participating in aquatic activities. Safe Swim Defense and Safety Afloat Training are required to be updated every two years.
Philmont FIRST AID and CPR CERTIFICATION REQUIRED (Note – NEW REQUIREMENT – 2008) changed from 2007 Philmont requires that at least one person, preferably two, (either an advisor or a youth participant) in each crew be currently certified in American Red Cross Wilderness First Aid or the equivalent* and CPR from the American Heart Association, the American Red Cross or the equivalent. The American Red Cross Wilderness First Aid is a sixteen hour course designed to help in situations when help is not readily available. Several hours may be required for Philmont staff to reach a remote backcountry location after a message is delivered to the nearest staffed camp. First aid and CPR training will result in proper and prompt attention being given to injuries and/or illnesses. You must present current certification cards upon check in to verify this requirement. *Equivalent training can include instruction by ambulance or fire department personnel, community colleges or other organizations. You must have a letter indicating length of training, topics covered and participant roster. ASHI Wilderness First Aid course has been approved by Philmont.
Wilderness First Aid Training or ABC
by future Philmont advisor, Mike Townsend Airway, Breathing, Circulatory Systems and Check the scene, Call for Help, Administer Care. These familiar mnemonics of First Aid are just a warm-up for what you'll cover in this course. With many hours of instruction and multiple LIVE scenarios, this course is well-designed to cover how to provide care when help is delayed. When they told us, “WE”, were 911, I should have known what I was in for…This course is intense! It covered many aspects of rendering care as the first on a scene. There is nothing like responding to a live patient or neglecting to cover a certain angle when delivering aid. What a lesson to learn!? This is a great class to enable one to be better prepared mentally with skills to deliver aid to those in need. Required or not, this course is well designed to help you be better equipped to properly respond. Be Prepared, and consider this course for your training development!
Water Treatment The following web link will take you to a water treatment comparison that was done by the US Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine (CHPPM). http://usachppm.apgea.army.mil/WPD/
The following articles have been prepared as a service to Scouts, leaders, and parents. Articles are courtesy of and by David W. Fairbanks, M.D.
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