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The Girl Scout motto: Be Prepared.

Girl Scouts save lives!

Since I teach so many Girl Scouts, stories of youth rescuers are my favorites. 

See my blog for their stories. Even Daisies have saved lives!  

Kids who save lives

Girl Scout First Aid Badge Requirements, Adult Training

Girl Scout Brownie First Aid Try-It badge Requirements

Brownie First Aid Try-It Requirements

Brownie First Aid Try-It Requirements

Brownie First Aid Try-It Requirements

Find  out how to get help from 9-1-1  

Talk to someone who treats injured people

Make a first aid kit

Learn how to treat minor injuries

Know how to prevent and treat outdoor injuries

Girl Scout Junior First Aid badge Requirements

Junior First Aid Badge Requirements:

Brownie First Aid Try-It Requirements

Brownie First Aid Try-It Requirements

Learn  the first steps to take in an emergency  

Talk to first responders 

Make a portable first aid kit 

Find out how to handle urgent first aid issues 

Know how to take care of someone who is sick

Girl Scout Cadette Older Girl First Aid badge Requirements

Cadette First Aid Badge Requirements

Brownie First Aid Try-It Requirements

Cadette First Aid Badge Requirements

Understand how to care for younger children

Know how to use everything in a first aid kit

Find out how to prevent serious outdoor injuries   

Know the signs of shock and how to treat it

Learn to prevent and treat injuries due to weather

Girl Scout Senior Older Girl First Aid badge Requirements

Senior First Aid Badge Requirements

Ambassador First Aid Badge Requirements

Ambassador First Aid Badge Requirements

Find out how to perform triage

Know how to help a head or neck injury

Learn how to use everyday objects to make splints

Recognize the signs of alcohol and drug overdose

Share your knowledge with others

Girl Scout Ambassador Older Girl First Aid badge Requirements

Ambassador First Aid Badge Requirements

Ambassador First Aid Badge Requirements

Ambassador First Aid Badge Requirements

Learn how to handle wilderness medical emergencies

Research careers that save lives in extreme conditions

Find out how to care for a critically injured person

Know how to move an injured person

Explore handling real-life wilderness emergencies

Troop First Aider

Ambassador First Aid Badge Requirements

Troop First Aider

A First Aider is required whenever troops will COOK or SLEEP outdoors. 

Ensure that a troop adult with current Red Cross First Aid/CPR certification is present.


Red Cross certification

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The most convenient, affordable training for your troop

Girl Scout Junior First Aid badge requirements

We come to you

Schedule your own Red Cross or First Aid Badge class - at the time and place most convenient for you! 

Classes can be held at your troop meeting place or other location.  


Available 7 days a week, including minor holidays. Have your class at your usual troop meeting time.

Or schedule training, especially for longer classes, on a weekend, school holiday, or teacher work day.


Located in San Mateo, CA, we travel from San Francisco to San Jose, from Coastside to southwestern Alameda County. 


Is your troop outside of the our service area?  See below.

Schedule the required adult certification, or another troop's class, along with your troop class

Does your Brownie, Junior, or Older Girl troop want a First Aid badge class? Offer a Red Cross CPR/First Aid certification class (required for troop First Aiders), before or after the meeting. Sharing the travel cost makes the cost per girl even more affordable. You can even have adults pay more for their certification, covering the troop's costs, and have your troop First Aid badge class for free.


Have your Older Girls take a Red Cross CPR/First Aid certification class along with troop adults!


Share the costs with another troop, or have a Service Unit First Aid Badge day!

 We travel to you...or you can travel to us


Is your troop outside of our service area?  


A fun alternative is to have a weekend trip to a Girl Scout property, such as Camp Ida Smith, near the SF Zoo, and have a Red Cross CPR, First Aid or Babysitter Training certification class, or a First Aid badge training class, be part of your trip.  

Girl Scout First Aid Badge Classes

Girl Scout Junior First Aid badge Requirements

Brownie First Aid Try-It

Earn the legacy Brownie First Aid Try-It at a troop meeting.

Approximately 90 minutes of content. 

(If necessary, time can be adjusted for a shorter troop meeting. Leaders will be given information to finish requirements.) 

Includes the time and supplies to make individual First Aid kits. 

Cost: $100 per class, plus $5/girl for the individual First Aid kits, plus travel charge*. 

(A troop of 10 girls would cost $100 + $50 for kits + travel charge + $60 surcharge if applicable.)

** See below regarding possible surcharge.

Junior First Aid Badge

Earn the legacy Junior First Aid Badge at a troop meeting, after a brief (~15 minutes) additional homework assignment.  

Approximately 90 minutes of content; lasts longer for troops larger than 10 girls - up to two hours.  

(If necessary, time can be adjusted for a shorter troop meeting. Leaders will be given information to finish requirements.) 

Includes the time and supplies to make individual First Aid kits.  

Cost: $100 per class, plus $5/girl for the individual First Aid kits, plus travel charge*. 

(A troop of 10 girls would cost $100 + $50 for kits + travel charge + $60 surcharge if applicable.)

**See below regarding possible surcharge.


Cadette First Aid Badge

The Cadette First Aid Badge can be earned by taking the Red Cross First Aid certification class using the Blended Learning option, and adding class time for the Girl Scout requirements (optional for Badge; not required for Red Cross certification). 


The Red Cross curriculum is at a higher learning level than previously. 

Therefore, Cadettes should at least be in the second half of 6th grade to take the Red Cross course.   


Time Required for Red Cross First Aid certification:

Online content before the class: approximately 2.5 hours 

In-person skills session for First Aid certification: 30 minutes


Additional Time Required for Cadette First Aid badge completion:

The extra badge content can be added to the 30 minute First Aid in-class skills session. It takes 30 minutes.


Cost for Red Cross First Aid certification: $75 to $105 per person, depending on the number of girls in the class. 

Cost for the additional time for Cadette First Aid badge completion: $50/class (NOT per person). 


CPR certification option recommended: 

6th grade Cadettes in the second half of the school year are old enough to get Red Cross certification in CPR as well as First Aid. 

Cost for Red Cross CPR - and - First Aid certification: $90 to $130 per person, depending on the number of girls in the class. Add Pediatric CPR option for $8/person.


CPR certification without First Aid badge: $75 to $105 per person, depending on the number of girls.  Add Pediatric CPR option for $8/person.


Cadettes can also earn the Cadette Babysitting Badge. Red Cross Babysitter Training is a very popular class with Cadettes. (See class information below.)


add travel charge* to all classes

Senior First Aid Badge

The Senior First Aid Badge can be earned by:

  • taking the Red Cross CPR and First Aid certification class using the Blended Learning option
  • adding class time for some badge requirements 
  • doing some online homework 
  • and lastly, an activity to "Share your knowledge with others"

 

Time Required for Red Cross CPR and First Aid certification:

Online content, must be completed before the classroom session: about 3 hours

In-class skills session for CPR/First Aid certification: Approximately 1.5 hours

Optional in-class time for Senior First Aid badge content: 0.5 hours


Cost for Red Cross CPR and First Aid certification: $90 to $130 per person, depending on the number of girls in the class.  Add Pediatric CPR option for $8/person.

Cost for the additional time for Senior First Aid badge completion: $50/class (NOT per person).


add travel charge* to all classes 

Ambassador First Aid Badge

 The Ambassador First Aid Badge can be earned by: 

  • Getting certified in Red Cross CPR/First Aid and Wilderness First Aid*. 
  • Researching careers that save lives in extreme conditions 
  • Exploring real-life wilderness emergencies by reading about rescues

 

Time Required for Red Cross CPR and First Aid certification:

Online content, must be completed before the classroom session: about 3 hours

In-class skills session for CPR/First Aid certification: Approximately 1.5 hours


Cost for Red Cross CPR and First Aid certification:  $90 to $130 per person.  Add Pediatric CPR option for $8/person 


*Wilderness First Aid course no longer offered. It is typically a 16 hour course.

*travel charge and **Brownie/Junior badge class conditions

* - There is a travel charge for all classes for round trip travel time from San Mateo. The total amount will depend on the type of class, the number of participants in the class, and the drive time estimate. In the Bay Area, drive time varies widely depending on time of day. Contact us for an estimate of your travel cost.  


** - A minimum charge applies for Brownie or Junior troop meetings that are held further than a 30 minute round-trip drive time from San Mateo. You must book the badge class with a second class, such as another troop class or a CPR/First Aid class for troop adults, to be held immediately before or after the badge class. Since troops require a certified First Aider, most troops offer a CPR/First Aid or CPR class for the leaders and troop parents. Some choose to charge the adults more so that the cost of the badge class is paid for by the adults. Some troops coordinate with other troops to have a class on the same date. If you are unable to book a second class, you have the option of paying a surcharge of $60 instead.   

Girl Scout Red Cross Babysitter Training Course

The Red Cross Babysitter class is for any youth, both boys and girls. It is very popular with Girl Scout Cadettes & Seniors. Earn the Babysitting Badge.

Girl Scout Babysitting Badge Requirements

Girl Scout Cadette Babysitting Badge Requirements

Girl Scout Cadette Babysitting Badge Requirements:

Get to know how kids develop

Prepare for challenges

Focus on  play

Find potential employers

Practice your babysitting skills (this requirement is not met in the class)

Red Cross Babysitter Training

Why take the Babysitter Training class?

Who takes the Babysitter Training class?

Who takes the Babysitter Training class?

The  course provides youth who are planning to babysit with the knowledge and skills necessary to safely and responsibly give care for children and infants. This training will help participants to develop leadership skills; learn how to develop a babysitting business, keep themselves and others safe and help children behave; and learn about basic child care. 

Who takes the Babysitter Training class?

Who takes the Babysitter Training class?

Who takes the Babysitter Training class?

The recommended age for this course is 11-15 years old. It’s a great class for Cadette and Senior Girl Scouts. 


You don't need to be a Girl Scout to take the class; it is for everyone. It's a great class for boys as well; many parents appreciate having males babysit their sons.

How many participants in a class?

Who takes the Babysitter Training class?

How many participants in a class?


Schedule your own class for a group of 6-10 participants. If you have more than 10, we can schedule another class. If you have fewer than 6, you can open it up to friends, or other troops. 

What do participants receive?

Use open spots for CPR/First Aid training

How many participants in a class?


Participants receive a Red Cross Babysitter Training completion certificate. 

​​​Cost includes the Babysitter's Handbook,  Emergency Reference Guide, and other tools needed to run a babysitting business.

Optional CPR and First Aid certification

Use open spots for CPR/First Aid training

Use open spots for CPR/First Aid training

 The basic class does not include CPR or First Aid certification. Basic First Aid and choking rescue content is covered.


Participants should be in at least the 

second half of 6th grade to receive the optional CPR and First Aid certification. 


The additional certification can be added at a discounted price. 

Use open spots for CPR/First Aid training

Use open spots for CPR/First Aid training

Use open spots for CPR/First Aid training

If you have fewer than 10 students taking the Babysitting/CPR/First Aid class, other youth or adults are welcome to take the CPR/First Aid certification segment alone for $98. 

(If you have 6 students taking Babysitting with CPR/First Aid for example, up to 4 others may take the CPR/First Aid certification only.) 

When can the class be scheduled?

When can the class be scheduled?

When can the class be scheduled?

Any day that works for you. It is recommended to take the class in one day. Though not ideal, class can be split into two sessions.


Weekends, school holidays, and teacher work days are great days to schedule the class. Or make the class part of a sleepover!

Where will the class be held?

When can the class be scheduled?

When can the class be scheduled?

We teach the class at your location.


Room requirements: You need a large open room, such as a very large room in a house, or a classroom. One seat per student (or they can sit on the floor), a chair for the instructor, and space for a projection screen are needed.​

Earn two Girl Scout badges!

Contact us to schedule a class

Contact us to schedule a class

By adding one hour to the Babysitter Training Class, Cadettes will complete all of the requirements to earn the legacy Cadette First Aid Badge and all but one of the requirements to earn the legacy Cadette Babysitting Badge.

Contact us to schedule a class

Contact us to schedule a class

Contact us to schedule a class

If you want to schedule a weekend class, start planning as soon as you can. Available weekend dates fill up quickly.

start planning your class

BABYSITTER TRAINING COURSE -

Red Cross Babysitter Training Course

Babysitter Training completion certificate.

$95

The basic course does not include CPR/First Aid certification.


Seven hour course, includes breaks. 

Though not ideal, class can be split into two sessions for an additional cost.


Babysitter Training & Girl Scout badge content

$100

Cadettes will complete all of the requirements to earn the legacy Cadette First Aid Badge and all but one of the requirements to earn the legacy Cadette Babysitting Badge.


Eight hour course, includes breaks.

Babysitter Training class over two sessions

$105

There is an extra $10 per person charge for splitting classes into extra sessions. If requested, badge content will be presented if time allows.


Babysitter Training Course with CPR and First Aid

Adult and Pediatric CPR/AED and First Aid certification completed by Online + Classroom work

Participants should be in at least the second half of 6th grade to receive the optional CPR and First Aid certification.


Babysitter Training, Adult and Pediatric CPR/AED & First Aid

$150

Classroom time: 7 1/2 hours

can split into 2 classes*


Plus online time: approximately 3.5 hours

Online Content MUST be completed before classroom session


VALUE COMBINATION: Combine Babysitter Training with CPR/First Aid and save!


If taken separately:

  $95 Babysitter Training

  $98 Blended Learning Adult and Pediatric CPR/AED and First Aid

$193 total



add Girl Scout badge content

no charge

Total Classroom time: 8 hours; 

badge content adds 30 minutes 


Plus online time: approximately 3.5 hours

Online Content MUST be completed before classroom session


can be split into 2 classes*


* Babysitter, CPR/First Aid class over 2 sessions

$160

There is an extra $10 per person charge for splitting classes into extra sessions. If requested, badge content will be presented if time allows. 

All prices are per person. Babysitter course minimum class size is 6; maximum class size is 10. Travel cost applies.

I'm a Girl Scout

"Garfield" aka Marita Nickison, RN

I'm proud to be a Lifetime Girl Scout. 

I was a Girl Scout volunteer, leader, and volunteer camp nurse for many years. I raised my daughters as Girl Scouts. I have instructed hundreds of Girl Scouts and leaders in CPR and First Aid certification. and in completing their Girl Scout First Aid badge requirements


Why Garfield? Camp names are a Girl Scout tradition. As a volunteer camp nurse, I was known as Garfield for years. When I was a Medic in the Army, my nickname was Garfield. 


Since I teach so many Girl Scouts, stories of youth rescuers are my favorites. 

kids who save lives

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