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SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 
FIRST AIDE*** 
SYMBOL- 
RED CROSS IN BLACK CIRCUS 
A Girl Scout should know: 
1. What to do first in case of emergency. 
2 . Symptoms and treatment of shock. 
3. How and when to apply stimulants. 
4. How to put on a sling. 
5. How to bandage the head, arm, hand, finger, leg, ankle, eye, jaw. 
6. What to do for: a. bruises, strains, sprains, dislocations, frac- 
tures; b. wounds; c. burns, frost bite, freezing, sunstroke, heat 
exhaustion; d. drowning, electric shock, gas accidents; e. apo- 
plexy, convulsions; f. snake bite; g. common emergencies such 
as: I. cinder in the eye; 2 . splinter under the nail; 3. wound 
from rusty nail; 4. oak and ivy poisoning; 5. insect in the ear. 
A Girl Scout should demonstrate: 
7. Applying a sterile dressing. 
8. Stopping bleeding. 
9. Putting on a splint. 
10. Making a stretcher from uniform blanket or Scout neckerchiefs 
and poles. 
1L The Schaefer method of artificial respiration. 
REFERENCES: 
Section on First Aid in this Handbook. 
American Red Cross Abridged Text Books on First Aid, Blakiston. 
FLOWER FINDER 
SYMBOL— FLOWER 
1. To pass this test a Scout must be able to tell the difference be- 
tween plants and animals and the difference between the two 
general types of plants. 
2 . A scout must also pass either the test for Flowers and Ferns or 
Trees given below. 
A. FLOWERS AND FERNS 
1. Make a collection of fifty kinds of wild flowers and ferns and cor- 
rectly name them or make twenty-five photographs or colored 
drawings of wild flowers and ferns. 
2 . Why were the following ferns so named: Christmas Fern, Sen- 
sitive Fern, Walkingleaf Fern, Cinnamon Fern, Flowering Fern? 
3. Name and describe twenty cultivated plants in your locality. 
4. Be able to recognize ten weeds. 
