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ScouterPediatrian

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    Arkansas
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    Pediatrician, grandpa, husband
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    Camp Health, 2021 NCAP standards
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    Pediatrician and MPH, retired from Children's Hospital. Council and Camp Medical Officer, much of the last 30 years w/ break here and there. Eagle Scout 1968, son Eagle, daughter COPE Director and Council COPE Trainer. Jamboree Med staff twice.

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  1. Our camp is 8 minutes from a volunteer fire department , 911 call is an 8 minute response time with BLS/First Responder. A 911 call also activates real time State EMS call center access to para medic ambulance- 20 minutes, Med Flight, and Adult and Pediatric Level 1 Trauma Centers. I contend that this is adequate coverage for low risk- ie 2 nights in a State Park- events, ie Wood Badge Course. (Our Council has a dorm type training facility at camp, so WB is a single night under canvas Weekend 2). With CoVid continuing, volunteer availability is tight. And it is tough to ask volunteers to sit around activity where risks are vanishingly small. Risk management is a great tool. But...
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