Breaking Through the Barriers with First Aid Discovery: FAD

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Breaking Through the Barriers with First Aid
Discovery FAD
A National Platform for Community Service By
Lady Mendez, KSU SNA VP/GANS BTN Edited by David
Cano, Eagle Scout and member of Phi Delta
Epsilon Developed for the Wellstar School of
Nursing Kennesaw State University National
Contact FADNational_at_gmail.com January 1, 2013
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The New FAD in Healthcare

• The Georgia Association of Nursing Students
  (GANS) is taking a proactive approach to break
  through the barriers in nursing by collaborating
  with large organizations like the Health
  Occupation Students of America (HOSA).
• GANS is continually staying hands-on with HOSA,
  and this year for the first time ever, GANS
  partnered with the Boy and Girl Scouts of America
  to create the First Aid Discovery (FAD).
• FAD is a national platform for community service
  that bridges scouting merit badge needs with
  healthcare organization goals.
• Additionally, working with nationally recognized
  large organizations enables healthcare
  organizations to reach large demographics in
  efforts to decrease healthcare disparities.
• Furthermore, FAD allows GANS to support the
  National Student Nurses Association (NSNA)
  resolutions to Increase Men in Nursing, Increase
  Diversity in Nursing,
• Increase Automated External Defibrillator (AED)
  Training, Increase Awareness of Public Health
  Nursing, and Support The Future of Nursing
  Campaign.

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What is FAD?

• FAD is a national platform that bridges
  scouting needs with healthcare organization
  goals. FAD provides a step-by-step guide for
  healthcare organizations, in collaboration with
  other community groups like the Scouts, to offer
  First Aid training. These healthcare
  organizations include but are not limited to, the
  American Red Cross, the American Heart
  Association, the National Safety Council,
  MayoClinic, National Student Nurses Association,
  Georgia Association of Nursing Students, Phi
  Delta Epsilon (pre-medical students), hospitals,
  community clinics, nursing programs at
  universities, nursing faculty, and student
  nurses. With the help of these organizations, the
  Scouts have registered counselors to teach First
  Aid according to their national standards for
  rank advancement and merit badge requirements.
  Thus, healthcare organizations can train and save
  many lives by teaching first aid to scouts
  nationally.

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FAD Mission Goal

• Mission To bring healthcare education to local
  communities
• Goal To facilitate the exchange of educational
  resources between healthcare organizations and
  the Boy Scouts of America and the Girl Scouts of
  America

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GANS BTN FAD Project Goals

• Facilitate the exchange of educational resources
  between GANS and the Boy and Girl Scouts of
  America
• Increase nursing student involvement in
  recruitment, retention and nursing promotion
• Reach a large demographic of nursing minorities
  in efforts to decrease healthcare disparities in
  the future
• Engage young students through interactive
  activities while planting the seed of nursing
• Display a platform that is easy to understand and
  can be used both nationally and locally by
  healthcare organizations

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GANS FAD Media Coverage

• National Scout registration website
  www.meritbadge.info
• Promotional youtube video http//www.youtube.com/w
  atch?vYV3t5TsqLxA
• Facebook page http//www.facebook.com/FADNational
  
• Mention in a local hospital newsletter
  https//www.gordonhospital.com/news/lady-mendez-sh
  ines-for-gordon-hospital
• GANS website http//www.ganursingstudents.org/link
  s-to-btn-resources.html
• GANS Winter EKG newsletter 2013
  http//www.ganursingstudents.org/ekg-newsletter.ht
  ml

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FAD Benefits

• This project facilitates breaking through the
  barrier of communication between large
  organizations needing first aid instruction.
• FAD illustrates the steps to set up an event with
  scouts and to teach first aid.
• GANS members will have the opportunity to be
  Scout Counselor Certified and Youth Protection
  Certified.
• Nursing faculty awarded 2 clinical hours for the
  Community Health Nursing class alternative
  clinical experience by creating teaching plans
  out of the First Aid curriculum outlined in FAD.
  THIS IS OPTIONAL AND IS PENDENT ON YOUR CLINICAL
  FACULTY.

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Implement

• Follow the steps outlined in FAD
  http//meritbadge.info/National_First_Aid_Discover
  y_FAD.pdf
• Register yourself and your volunteers as Merit
  Badge Counselors (see application at top of page
  at www.MeritBadge.info)
• Take the BSA Youth Protection Training
• At end of program hand out JJ Future of Nursing
  promotional materials to the Scouts
• Have fun!!