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Arrow of Light – 5th Grade
First Aid
Personal Safety
Required
Requirement 4

Obstructed Airway Maneuver

Arrow of Light – 5th Grade
First Aid
Personal Safety
Required
Requirement 4

Obstructed Airway Maneuver

Snapshot of Activity

Cub Scouts demonstrate how to perform the obstructed airway maneuver.

Indoor
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  • Parents and legal guardians 

Before the meeting: 

  1. Set up meeting space free of obstacles and allow for Cub Scouts to have room to move about. 

During the meeting: 

  1. Explain to Cub Scouts they will be demonstrating the obstructed airway maneuver.  
  2. Demonstrate the obstructed airway maneuver on another adult. 
    • Give five back blows between the shoulder blades with the heel of your hand.  
    • If the object is not removed, give abdominal thrusts: 
      • Position yourself behind the person and reach your arms around their waist. 
      • Make a fist with one hand just above the person’s belly button. Cover the fist with your other hand. 
      • Make a series of five quick thrusts inward and upward to force air from the lungs. (Pretend like you’re trying to pick the person up.) 
    • Alternate between abdominal thrusts and back blows until the object is dislodged, the person becomes unconscious, or medical help arrives. 
  3. Ask Cub Scouts to buddy up and practice on one another. Remind them to not give full abdominal thrusts or back blows.  

Bray Barnes

Director, Global Security Innovative
Strategies

Bray Barnes is a recipient of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award, Silver
Beaver, Silver Antelope, Silver Buffalo, and Learning for Life Distinguished
Service Award. He received the Messengers of Peace Hero award from
the royal family of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and he’s a life member of
the 101st Airborne Association and Vietnam Veterans Association. Barnes
serves as a senior fellow for the Global Federation of Competitiveness
Councils, a nonpartisan network of corporate CEOs, university presidents, and
national laboratory directors. He has also served as a senior executive for the
U.S. Department of Homeland Security, leading the first-responder program
and has two U.S. presidential appointments

David Alexander

Managing Member Calje

David Alexander is a Baden-Powell Fellow, Summit Bechtel Reserve philanthropist, and recipient of the Silver Buffalo and Distinguished Eagle Scout Award. He is the founder of Caljet, one of the largest independent motor fuels terminals in the U.S. He has served the Arizona Petroleum Marketers Association, Teen Lifeline, and American Heart Association. A triathlete who has completed hundreds of races, Alexander has also mentored the women’s triathlon team at Arizona State University.

Glenn Adams

President, CEO & Managing Director
Stonetex Oil Corp.

Glenn Adams is a recipient of the Silver Beaver, Silver Antelope, Silver Buffalo, and Distinguished Eagle Scout Award. He is the former president of the National Eagle Scout Association and established the Glenn A. and Melinda W. Adams National Eagle Scout Service Project of the Year Award. He has more than 40 years of experience in the oil, gas, and energy fields, including serving as a president, owner, and CEO. Adams has also received multiple service awards from the Texas Alliance of Energy Producers.