First Aid Competition 2011

This years First Aid Competition took place on Sunday 30th Jan. Three teams from the district entered the afternoon event which consisted of scenarios spread around the District HQ for the Scout teams to deal with.

The event organiser, Steve Gray, had arranged for professional first aid trainer Ed Ellis of Trainging2All to attend. Ed brought with him a Resusci Anne, ran one of the bases through the day and gve a quick tips final half hour after the competition. Ed offers free first aid training courses, check his website (www.training2all.com) for details.

The event ran from 2 - 5pm and had four different scenarios. There were a total of 200 points available and all teams scored well over 50%. The event was won by 1st Ashton Scouts with 146 points, 2nd and 3rd weren't far behind.

Click here to download the event results.

Click here to view all the pictures from the event.

Finally I would like to say a big thanks to Steve Gray, Ed Ellis and all the leaders who helped during the day.