The 2026 Leatherstocking Council First Aid Meet will take place at the G. Hal Chase Physical Education Building at SUNY Oneonta, Oneonta, NY on March 14, 2026, starting at 1:00pm. This year’s First Aid Meet will follow the format of previous year’s First Aid Meets so this should be very familiar to those who have attended in the past. JUDGES MEETING 12:00 PM

Troops taking part in the contest MUST provide one (1) judge per team entered (extra judges are always welcome). Judges' names must be submitted with the team's registration. (There is no charge for judges or other adults.) Judges should check in at the registration table before the Judges' meeting at 12:00 PM. Judges must be on time so the Meet can start on time. The Judges' Meeting at 12:00 p.m. is to review the scenarios and the score sheets. Teams will not be allowed on the floor if their judge has not checked in! Judges do not need to be Squad members or EMT’s. The scenarios will be judged using Scouting America First Aid Criteria. The only acceptable stretcher per Scouting America can be found on the next page. Any other stretcher will be judged as incorrect.

There will be a registration fee of $15 per Scout to cover the cost of patches and other expenses. Payment will be due with online registration or by check payable to Leatherstocking Council and sent to the Utica Council Office, 1401 Genesee St, Utica, NY 13501. A troop check is preferable, but a personal check will be accepted. Pre-registration ends 3/07/2026. Registration at the door is $20 per Scout. Checks (no cash) will be accepted at the door. At the end of the Meet, extra patches will be available for a cost of $3 each, cash or check only.

Pre-registration is strongly encouraged! If you do not pre-register, you may not have a spot at the event. Also, to get through registration more quickly at the event, bring a completed Team Roster Form the night of the event for each participating team. If you have more or less than 5 Scouts that would like to attend, come anyway! We can form “provisional teams” the day of the First Aid Meet. Hint – you can use Webelos/AOL’s as victims to fill out a team! If you use Webelos/AOL’s, they will also need to be included in the registration. We welcome and encourage adults to volunteer as 'Provisional Judges'!

Please use the online registration that is available on the council website to register for this event. The council’s website is: www.leatherstockingcouncil.org

FIRST AID MEET 2026 - Basic Information

A team will consist of four (4) Scouts and one (1) victim. (A Cub or Webelos Scout can be used as the victim, if desired and ) No other person from any other Unit will be allowed on the floor during the working of the problem.

There will be Junior (ages 13 and under) and Senior (ages 14+) teams. If any Scout on the team is 14 or over, it will be considered a senior team.

Per Leatherstocking Council, for the teams from new Family Units or Provisional Teams, no female Scouts can be used as the victim.

Each Team must have a captain before appearing on the floor for the first problem and only that person may speak to the judge during the working of a problem.

The problem will be read once for all to hear – the written problem will be given to the team captain – there will be 2 minutes given to study the problem – then 10 minutes will be given to work on the problem.  Scouts can continue to work on the problem after the 10 minutes but there will be a time penalty. There will be plenty of time given to work each problem. So please work until the problem is finished.

Judges will move from one unit to the next so no unit should be judged by the same judge twice.

The judges will have a few minutes to discuss the solution with the Scouts after problem is finished. This will help units correct their mistakes.

No assistance allowed. In the real world, you would have access to assistance from your Handbook, Field Guide and/or other Scouts and Scouters, and even the Internet. And, in the real world, we would encourage you to use any and all of them. However, this is a competition, so no assistance of any kind is allowed, including printed books and electronic devices.

Any questions can be sent to John Harniman at John.Harniman@scouting.org or Chuck Whitman at bsascouttroop501@gmail.com