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@InquisitiveScouter I'd suggest to your list that CPR is a skill every youth you supervise should know, practice and understand not to stop until professional help arrived. In my tenure as a Scoutmaster, professional trainers were brought in for the youth in my unit and they did well in first aid events at camporees.

I was a BSA scout in Belgium. We went to international camporees and we never thought about anything other than "they" had a wild mix of accents, uniforms, and clothing, even compared to what we saw in Belgium. I wouldn't make generalizations about people in the BSA. People are unique everywhere. I spent a summer in Japan and, once you cut through the facade, everyone still cares about their family and tries to do their best. Different cultures have different ways of doing things because that's what evolved. Not better, just different.

NO BACON. I hate this discussion.

Hydration, arch supports, support hose, hiking poles, Gold Bond (cornstarch please), COFFEE, tylenol, albuterol, damnitall, CPAP, find a younger more fit scouter, ultralight backpacking, ear plugs (helps with helicopter noise), no bacon (enough)...ow, oh aches, oh da pains. Remember back in the day when we were more physically strong and mentally awake? Speaking of mentally awake, McMaster University (Canada) found that continued use of GPS is contributing to our cognitive decline. The study recommends orienteering... Researchers hypothesized that the physical and cognitive demands

Yes, I think that is an accurate assessment

During annual checkups when a young medical person asks what medication I am taking, I often mention I take 800mg of damitol or damnitall . For some reason I am amused when they write it down. I expect on my next visit my old doctor will prescribe orienteering.

My health suggestions are more along the lines of hygiene and first aid... - Bring some wet wipes. For after toileting, or at night prior to bed for a "bath" using a few... clean in this order: 1. Face (face, neck, ears) , 2. Front (torso and armpits), 3. Feet, 4. Fanny (groin and rear), 5. Fingers (wipe and and sanitize) After wet wipes, do the Gold Bond (use gold container = body powder, do not use blue container = foot powder with much higher menthol content. Unless you like the ICY BURN 😛 Talc dust is bad for you to breathe in, so do this outside, not in your tent!) - Bring

As indicated by another poster, the 10% number is likely low. Keep in mind that Scouting has lost major religious partners recently, which will drive the representativeness of BSA more toward the average of the general population. https://www.americansurveycenter.org/research/generation-z-future-of-faith/ A scout is reverent. Reverent: Feeling or showing deep and solemn respect. If you feel that only theists are capable of developing sound moral and ethical character, I'd suggest that you study more about other Scouting organization globally, as posted above. I'd also argue tha

With the ongoing challenge we are dealing with in regard to a youth with Autism and a meltdown I find this important. It appears we have no committee on disabilities in our council, and the SE seems unwilling to consider it as a need, even though a number of adults have broahed it and are willing to work with it. Mean, our young person is in limbo and no clear info is available. We want to put him into a Lone Scout program which allows separation if his issues are flaring, but still lets him be involved. Meanwhile, we seem to be wheel spinning. Anyway, this is a good piece by Aaron. http

What interesting responses. I wasn't sure if I had perceived clearly, but it seems I had. Now I really understand some comments I've heard in our pack. Thank you to all who answered. This was tremendously illuminating for me. Going back to the previous question of whether scouting and/or Scouts BSA is built on a Christian or at least a theist foundation without which the scouting method will turn into chaos, then; the conversation has conflated the scouting movement with BSA. If BSA isn't necessarily a part of the official scouting movement in people's minds, then there are two cases

Glucosamine / Chondroitin along with ibuprofen are the only medication needed to keep this 69 year-old going up and down ladders all day at work, and moving about the woods without pain. If I forget the drugs, I feel it about noon. Inspecting fire dampers/fire-smoke-dampers involves lots of climbing and stretching to wriggle into tight spots. The work keeps me young. Don't stop moving.

I’d recommend you have your Leaders (SM/ASM) attend Wilderness First Aid and CPR/AED training. This training helps prepare you when situations happen during BSA events. The high adventure camps require it as a prerequisite, but the skills are important for many activities.

To be honest I don't think most of us give it much thought. As residents of such a very large country, international cooperation doesn't have the same immediate relevance to our daily lives as it might in a place such as Europe. As a youth in the BSA I was told the world crest on our uniforms meant we were part of a worldwide movement of Scouts, but we never traveled internationally as a troop or met with Scouts from a different country to compare notes on our experiences. When we did a Philmont trek we had to drive a distance about the same as Stockholm to Paris, but it was all in the same co

Thanks Richard. One of our adults had a heart attack while bicycling on a campout. Lucky for us one of our other adults was a doctor, and there was an ambulance nearby supporting a bicycle race. After that experience, we performed CPR training every January for all adults and scouts in the troop. And all the ASMs had to maintain certification. Our district brought a someone 4 times a year to train and certify any unit adults. Barry

It seems to me a Western-style religious practice to gather for worship, share stories, songs, and prayers. Scouters accustomed to this type of service may use the time to meditate or prayer. It is about being a part of community devoting time for god. I think it is part diversity -- by incorporating stories, songs, and prayers from different faiths. But to be truly honest, most of my scouts look bored during the Scouts' Own service, wondering when they can go back out in the woods and play! Practicing patience is certainly part of it too! It is what you make of it. As an adult leader I w

Why is American scouting different?

I need all the help I can get. If someone wishes to invoke the blessing or help from their version of God (or lack thereof) , no problem. A gift is a gift. I accept it in the spirit presented. I have been present when God, Christ, Jehovah, Buddha, Vishnu, the Great Spaghetti Monster and "none of the above " (really!) have been asked to positively affect the outcome of an event, and found myself only slightly shagrinned when I had to think about who or what was being mentioned. I know where from I have been helped. I can only witness to my own experience. I can only re

Beware Multiple Comorbidities and cognitive decline. BSA known issues: https://www.scouting.org/health-and-safety/risk-factors/

Okay, let's get specific then. I will start with Lutherans, only because one of my favorite people is Garrison Keillor and he ALWAYS starts with Lutherans.... https://garrisonkeillor.substack.com/p/thanks-to-lutherans-i-skipped-ballet?

As it always has been in the scouting movement, the scout law. That's the whole purpose of having the law, that's our shared values foundation. That's also why WOSM and WAGGS approves NSO scout laws. They're all variants on a theme. https://www.scout.org/who-we-are/scout-movement/scout-promise-and-law "Scout Promise and Law Scouting celebrates inclusion and is open to everyone regardless of gender, age, background, faith, or beliefs. Every Scout is unique, but they find common ground in their shared Scout values. These values are upheld in the Scout Promise and Law, which are ad