Henry Park Pelican (Cub) Scout

Featured in http://www.ncss.org.sg/documents/RapportJulOct09.pdf

30 th May 2009 This blog was written by Akela This Saturday was devoted entirely to the 8 cubs pursuing the Akela Award, to help them complete all the requirements, except for the final test – the interview at HQ. Generally the outstanding requirement was the First Aider badge. The 8 candidates are: Foo Yi Wen Ann Maria Lee Carine Lee Bryan Wang Shaun Teo Brandon Yeap Marcus Tong Samuel Chin The toughest part of the First Aider badge is CPR (or cardiopulmonary resuscitation or mouth-to-mouth resuscitation). The candidates are required to have a knowledge of CPR and demonstrate it by use of a mannequin. Getting the mannequin proved to be a big challenge, but Grey Wolf was extremely resourceful, and managed to borrow one for our use. However as we could only have the mannequin for 3 hours, we had to start the training and testing immediately after the group met. Grey Wolf and Akela demonstrated the CPR method, and the cubs took turns to practice. The girls initiall