Show LIFE SAVING REQUIREMENTS The rhe merit badge tests In life saving saving sav sav- ing have been subject to consideration tion for Cor some time In order to bring them up to latest t scientific methods s sund und mind demands The following requirements which have ha the approval of the Red Cross life lite saving saYing department have now be been n made official replacing the earlier set of tests To obtain a merit badge In life Ufe saving saving sav sav- ing a scout must now 1 Go down own from the surface of the water at least seven feet nn and bring up an object 12 12 2 Inches or more III In diameter di dl- l. l ameter weighing not less than ten poun pounds s. s 2 2 Tow few a person of oC his own weight for ten yards ar s by 0 each of or the following 1 methods a Head Hea carry 0 b Cross chest carry e c Hair carry d Tired Tied swimmers swimmer's carry 3 in ress in water an and swim 00 yards nr s. s 4 lie He must be able nole to demonstrate In the water the methods of releasing himself from people In peril of drown drown- rown lug ing If grasped by Wrist hol hold hoid Front Trout strangle hold Back strangle hold 5 G. Demonstrate Schafer prone pressure pressure press press- ure method of resuscitation |