AY Honors/First Aid

First Aid

Skill Level

2

Year

1938

Version

13.10.2025

Approval authority

North American Division

Overview

Learn how to provide medical assistance in a wide variety of emergency situations. These skills can reduce the severity of an injury or even save someone's life.

Investiture Achievement Connection: This Honor is related to the Investiture Achievement requirements for RANGER Health and Fitness which require completion of this Honor.

The Challenging Part

The most challenging requirement of this honor is probably this:

2. If residing in the United States or another country in which Red Cross or American Heart instruction is given, take the Red Cross First Aid class and satisfactorily pass the Red Cross Examination in First Aid and receive your certificate. Or take First Aid through the American Heart Association and satisfactorily pass the First Aid test and receive your certification. In countries that use St. John Ambulance, take the class and pass the examination and receive your certificate.

In the North American Division the Pathfinder curriculum (known as Investiture Achievement, or IA) updated the First Aid series for each Pathfinder class. This means that the patches for First Aid were also updated. Click on the following images which express and reflect these changes for a better understanding:
Patch updates Honors that correspond with each Pathfinder class