Task · part of 1. Hazards and first aid. A thirteen-item list, and two new parts
1(a). First aid and prevention for thirteen backcountry conditions
Required Often forgotten
Shown or explained: prevention as well as treatment, for every one of the thirteen named below. The 2025 book lists eight; this is the newer, longer list.
Notes and warnings
Warning. Thirteen conditions, and this is the longest first-aid list on any badge in this library. The 2025 book gives eight. Shock, eye injuries, ankle and knee sprains, scorpion sting and the bite of a wild mammal are on the page and not in the book, so a first-aid discussion carried over from another badge, or from a printed book, will not have covered them. Prevention AND treatment for each.
What this is made of
- 1(a)(1). Dehydration
- 1(a)(2). Heatstroke
- 1(a)(3). Hypothermia
- 1(a)(4). Shock
- 1(a)(5). Blisters
- 1(a)(6). Eye injuries
- 1(a)(7). Ankle and knee sprains
- 1(a)(8). Bites of chiggers, ticks, mosquitoes and biting gnats
- 1(a)(9). Bee stings
- 1(a)(10). Spider bites
- 1(a)(11). Scorpion sting
- 1(a)(12). Bite of a wild mammal
- 1(a)(13). Bite of a venomous snake
Where this step comes from
- Wilderness Survival Merit Badge Requirements (Merit Badge Hub, last modified 2025-12-31), Requirement 1(a) · Names thirteen conditions and asks for prevention as well as first aid for each.