Requirement · part of 7.0.4.11. Most "prerequisites" are not prerequisites
7.0.4.11. Emergency Preparedness and First Aid
Required
Emergency Preparedness requires the First Aid merit badge, and it is requirement one, but nothing says First Aid must be earned before work begins on the others. Emergency Preparedness is simply not finished until First Aid is complete. First Aid's own call for current knowledge of the Tenderfoot to First Class first-aid requirements reads the same way: sensible to explore first, not mandated.
Where this step comes from
- Guide to Advancement (2025), Section 7.0.4.11 · Emergency Preparedness and First Aid, and First Aid's own call for current Tenderfoot to First Class knowledge.