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[NeilLup]

Good stuff! Congratulations to the Scout and to his First Aid instructors.

 

When I was a Scoutmaster and we had First Aid month, I used to tell my Scouts that, considering the size of the Troop, it was almost a certainty that, at some point during their lives, one or more of the boys sitting there would have the opportunity to safe a life. And only two things were almost certain:

 

1) It would happen suddenly. There would be no warning.

2) There would be no opportunity then to read the book. They would need to have their skills ready at the time.

 

Three years later, we presented a Medal of Merit to one of those Scouts for lifesaving.

 

The correct award, as you have described the circumstances, is the Heroism Award. National loves to give those out. The Scoutmaster needs to contact his Scout Executive or other senior person in his council. Those awards are sufficiently rare that junior professionals have likely not dealt with one. By way of numbers, I believe that last year, there were about 50,000 Eagle Scout awards given. In contrast, the number of Honor Medals, Heroism Awards and Medals of Merit was, I believe, about 300.

 

Ths SM should make contact with the local council immediately as there are some extra procedures to go through if there is a delay in the nomination.