Scout first aid

Well, the evening wasn't what I expected.

Originally on our programme we were going to do tag first aid (this involves several people ill, with a big tag on them saying what is wrong. The scouts don't need to diagnose as such, just treat)

Then a few months ago I attended a district leaders meeting and volunteered to show troops around the new St John Ambulance building - which is a site of excellence I must say. Usually I'm never taken up on these offers, however this time round I was. The day unfortunately fell on a Wednesday (our troop night) and I showed the building off to the beavers, cubs and scouts. I was cream crackered by the end of it but got some excellent help from the St John Ambulance cadets for which I'm forever grateful.

Rather than waste this opportunity, I got our troop to join with the touring group which meant we had a good size combined group of 30ish. Happy days...