Below are the requirements I completed for the Swimming Badge
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| This video shows all of the swimming requirements, and this was part of my First Extra Credit Backpacking Trip.
6/18/2021 |
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| This video shows the water rescue requirements, completed on my fourth Deep Creek Hot Springs Trip.
8/28/2021 |
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS COMPLETED
In addition to the above, I also researched all the following areas and then completed a verbal presentation/interview to demonstrate my knowledge and understanding for each of them:
- Explain to your counselor how Scouting’s Safe Swim Defense plan anticipates, helps prevent and mitigate, and provides responses to likely hazards you may encounter
during swimming activities. - Discuss the prevention and treatment of health concerns that could occur while swimming, including hypothermia, dehydration, sunburn, heat exhaustion, heatstroke, muscle cramps, hyperventilation, spinal injury, stings and bites, and cuts and scrapes.
- Explain the health benefits of regular aerobic exercise, and discuss why swimming is favored as both fitness and therapeutic exercise.