Requirements
- 1.
What is the definition of an emergency rescue?
- 2.
Show how to safely rescue a person from the following situations:
- a.
Being in contact with a live electric wire
- b.
A room filled with fumes or smoke
- c.
Clothes on fire
- d.
Drowning using a non-swimming rescue
- e.
An ice accident
- a.
- 3.
Show three ways of attracting and communicating with rescue aircraft.
- 4.
Know six indications for the need of an immediate rescue.
- 5.
Know six procedures to follow before moving a victim from a life-threatening situation.
- 6.
Know five principles involved in moving a victim from a life-threatening situation
- 7.
Know the proper ways to help a victim, without assistance, in the following:
- a.
Pulling the victim
- b.
Lifting the victim
- c.
Assisting a victim in walking
- a.
- 8.
Know the proper way to help a victim, with assistance, in the following:
- a.
Chair carry
- b.
Fore-and -aft carry
- c.
Two-handed and four-handed seats
- d.
Blanket carry
- e.
Three-man hammock carry with victim in supine and prone position
- f.
Three- or four-man lift
- g.
Six-man lift and carry
- a.
- 9.
Know how to properly use a stretcher and carry a victim on a stretcher. Know how to make an improvised litter.
- 10.
Know how to properly use ropes and knots as follows:
- a.
Tie knots for joining ropes together
- b.
Tie knots for shortening a rope
- c.
Tie knots for use around a person for a rescue
- d.
Coil and accurately throw a light and a heavy 50-foot (15.2 m) rope.
- a.
- 11.
What steps should be taken before reporting a lost person? What information will be needed when reporting a lost person? How is a search for a lost person conducted in a wilderness area?
About this honor
- Category
- Health and Science
- Skill level
- 1
- Division
- General Conference
- Edition
- 2001
- Original honor
- 1986
Requirements are published by AdventSource for the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. Advent Clubs reproduces them here for club leaders and links the original document above.