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DUTIES OF THE FIRST AID COMMITTEE
1. Wo develop a definite First Aid program in the Chapter.
2. To aid in the organization of new classes.

3, To organize special courses for training and review of
lay instructors as the need for these may arise.

4, To coordinate the Chapter program with those of other
comminity organizations.

5. To safeguard and maintain Red Cross standards.

6. To be responsible for Emergency First Aid Stations on
the Highways.

7. Jo secure a proper First Aid budget.

8, To encourage the keeping of adequate First Aid records
in the Chapter.

9. To report to the executive board of the Chapter regularly
concerning plans, program and accomplishments.

THE FOUR FIRST AID COURSES

Junior Course -- This is for boys and girls from l2 to 16 years old in-
clusive, or beginning with the seventh grade in school through the tenth grade.
The minimum time required for this course is fifteen hours. A certificate is

awarded upon satisfactory completion.

Standard Course -- This is for adults, the minimum age being 17 years, or
the Junior year in Senior High School. The minimum time required for this course
is twenty hours. A certificate is awarded upon satisfactory completion. |

Advanced Course -~ This presupposes the completion of the Standard Course
and consists largely of drill and review in the practical phases of First Aid.
This ig a ten hour course. A certificate is awarded upon satisfactory completion.
Authority to wear the proper Red Cross First Aid Sleeve Emblem may be given to
uniformed police and firemen who hold both Standard and Advanced cards. A
distinctive sleeve emblem is also available to other uniformed groups meeting the

same requirements.

Special Course -- This is a thirty hour course designed particularly for
the training of lay instructors in First Aid. Practice teaching is an important
part of the work. Upon satisfactory completion a certificate is awarded and the
holder in turn is then in line for consideration as an instructor of First Aid
upon proper application indicating a class to teach, etc. Upon appointment an
Instructor's Certificate is granted and authority to wear the Instructor's pin.

INSTRUCTORS

who can teach the foregoing courses? -~ One answer applies to all -~ only
those holding regular appointment cards as instructors issued by National Head-
quarters or the Area Offices. Requirements for instructors of the different

courses vary.
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