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FIRST AID TO THE INJURED American National Red Cross textbook, 30 cents To prepare in First Aid to the Injured, scouts should follow a definite course of study and practice under a quahfied leader, preferably a physician. Much care should be observed to pre- vent scouts from doing things in case of accident or emergency which might be dangerous to the sufferer. It should be remem- bered that an elementary course does not prepare for expert service. To make this work as thorough as possible, leaders and scouts will wisely follow the course prescribed by the American National Red Cross, and the International Committee of the Young Men's Christian Association. Upon completing the course the scout may pass the regular examination and secure the joint certificate of these organizations. The regular button, badge, or insignia of the Boy Scouts will be awarded only upon the successful completion of this work, and of the examination. Leaders should familiarize themselves with that which follows. Additional information may be secured from the Educational Department of the International Committee of Y. M. C. A., 124 East Twenty-eighth Street, New York. The Course* Each instructor is encouraged to use any course with which he can best cover the topics below. The following is suggested for ten sessions : . Structure and important functions of the human body; skeleton, muscles, circulation system, respiration system. Gen- eral directions for First Aid. . Simple First Aid materials — bandages, splints, stimulants, emetics. . Common accidents — as bruises, sprains, dislocations, broken bones, fractures; wounds, severed arteries, hemorrhage, rabies. Prevention of accidents. Practice work. . Injuries by foreign bodies in eye, throat, nose, and ear; burns and scalds, fainting, fits, lockjaw, poisoning. Prevention. Practice work. . Sunstroke and heat exhaustion, frost-bite and freezing; in-