Emergency Aid Stage 5 Activity Badge

Emergency Aid Stage 5 Activity Badge

Learn how to help in emergency situations by working through your Emergency Aid staged activities. It'll help you develop you skills in supporting others and caring for yourself.

How to earn the badge: 

You will need to take part in around six to eight hours of training, which should be taught by an adult with relevant knowledge.

1. Explain to your leader or another adult about how to call 999.

2. Explain how you help someone who:

• is unconscious
• is unconscious  and not breathing
• is bleeding
• has a burn
• has heat exhaustion
• has hypothermia
• is choking
• is having an asthma attack
• is having a heart attack
• has a head injury
• has a suspected spinal injury
• has a broken bone
• has a sprain or strain
• has meningitis
• is having a stroke
• is experiencing  a diabetic emergency
• is having a severe allergic reaction
• is having a seizure

If you hold a first aid award covering this or a similar syllabus from a recognised first aid provider (such as the British Red Cross or St John Ambulance) you can automatically get this badge.

You must take part in formal training to gain this badge – a first aid award covering this or a similar syllabus. Your training must be from a recognised first aid provider,  such as the British Red Cross or St John Ambulance.

If you’re taking part in the Young Leaders’ Scheme, you can take this badge as an alternative to the Young Leaders’ Module K First Aid Master Class. Stage 5 exceeds the requirements of First Response.