Re: MB skills and Eagle BoR - Double Feature

Chris Haggerty, Sierra Vista, Arizona wrote:[snip]
> A rational person trying to
> act irrational, it does not work.
>
> The Red Cross has droped contact training (releases and holds, cross chest
> carry) because a trained lifeguard should never need to use these in a work
> environment. [snip]Chris: I do hope that the Red Cross still does teach how t
o break holds
and
deal with paniced swimmers. The Boy Scouts and the Red Cross differ in
their approach to swimming in general. I am also a lifesaving Merit
Badge councilor and I will miss the parries and protection for the
lifeguard if they are eliminated. While training, I make sure that each
boy has a proper challange to overcome. It would not do to raise a
generation of boys to say to the victim: please release me -- especially
when it is difficult to talk under water.

Incidently, I teach the best method is to go down under water as the
victim usually wants to go up. (For those reading and not being familar
with the Merit Badge.

Yours in Scouting,
Stephen Allan Mintz I used to be an Eagle ...
Scoutmaster T198 NE VI-16 NE VI-36 NE CS-51
BSA Lifeguard

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