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Scouting Safety … Begins With Leadership

Scouting Safety … Begins With Leadership. Safe activities are great activities. Accidents and injuries occur during Scouting activities. Unit leaders are responsible for the well-being of youth under their care. Objectives—to Help Leaders:. Understand importance Evaluate hazards

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Scouting Safety … Begins With Leadership

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  1. Scouting Safety …Begins With Leadership

  2. Safe activities are great activities.

  3. Accidents and injuries occur during Scouting activities. Unit leaders are responsible for the well-being of youth under their care.

  4. Objectives—to Help Leaders: • Understand importance • Evaluate hazards • Reduce risk • Utilizesafety resources • Apply “sandwich principle”

  5. Hazard Recognition Helmets required

  6. Activity/Hazards • __________ • __________ • __________ • __________ • __________ • Precautions • __________ • __________ • __________ • __________ • __________

  7. Sweet 16 of BSA Safety • Qualified supervision • Physical fitness • Buddy system • Safe area or course • Equipment selection and maintenance • Personal safety equip. • Safety procedures and policies • Skill-level limits • Weather checks • Planning • Communications • Permits and notices • First-aid resources • Applicable laws • CPR resources • Discipline

  8. Guide to Safe Scouting Chapter VIII. Sports and Activities

  9. 1. Qualified Supervision

  10. 2. Physical Fitness Guide to Safe Scouting: V. Medical Information and First Aid

  11. 2. Physical Fitness

  12. 2. Physical Fitness The greatest risk?

  13. 3. Buddy System

  14. 4. Safe Area or Course

  15. 5. Equipment Selection and Maintenance

  16. 6. Personal Safety Equipment

  17. 7. Safety Procedures and Policies Archery Boating Bicycling Camping Caving Climbing Horsemanship Rifle, shotgun Scuba Skating Swimming

  18. 8. Skill-Level Limits

  19. 8. Skill-Level Limits

  20. 9. Weather Checks

  21. 9. Weather Checks

  22. 10. Planning

  23. 10. Planning

  24. 11. Communications

  25. 12. Permits and Notices

  26. 13. First-Aid Resources

  27. 14. Applicable Laws

  28. 15. CPR Resources

  29. 16. Discipline

  30. Sweet 16 of BSA Safety

  31. Sweet 16 of BSA Safety Qualified Supervision Discipline

  32. Vehicular Accidents

  33. Vehicular Accidents

  34. Vehicular Accidents

  35. Vehicular Accidents—Resources Guide to Safe Scouting Chapter XI. Transportation

  36. Vehicular Accidents—Resources Venturing Course

  37. Vehicular Accidents—Resources Defensive Driving www.scouting.org

  38. Heat Stress • Know signs and treatment of: • Dehydration • Heat exhaustion • Heatstroke • Elevated temperature and humidity: • Drink often • Curtail strenuous activity • Rest often in shade

  39. Heat Stress—Resources BSA Publications

  40. Heat Stress—Resources Hands-on First-Aid Courses

  41. Scouting Safely Quiz

  42. Scouting Safely Quiz • 1. The critical items that form the “sandwich principle” of BSA safety are: • Qualified supervision and safety procedures • Safety procedures and discipline • Qualified supervision and discipline

  43. Scouting Safely Quiz • 2. The best resource for BSA safety policies and procedures is: • Scoutmaster’s Handbook • Guide to Safe Scouting • Fieldbook

  44. Scouting Safely Quiz • 3. The leading cause of death in the United States (and during BSA activities) is: • Cardiovascular disease • Vehicular accidents • Suicide

  45. Scouting Safely Quiz • 4. The leading cause of accidental death in the United States is: • Vehicular accidents • Falls • Drowning

  46. Scouting Safely Quiz • 5. Drowsiness is a factor in many fatal highway accidents: • True • False

  47. Scouting Safely Quiz • 6. General guidelines for all Scouting activities are provided by: • Trek on Safely • Sweet 16 of BSA Safety • Safe Swim Defense

  48. Scouting Safely Quiz • 7. A cold front moves through during a weekend campout, and Scouts propose using a cook stove in a tent for warmth. The primary hazard is: • Fire of flammable bedding • Burns from knocking over stove • Carbon monoxide poisoning

  49. Scouting Safely Quiz • 8. During Scouting events, the primary responsibility for safety rests with: • Each individual youth • Youth unit leaders • Adult unit leaders

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