Hello from Sandy Matos, Health Officer
Video Transcript:
Hello everyone. Thank you so much. This is just a short video. My name is Sandy Matos, I will be your Health Officer for the 2024 Wood Badge course. The Wood Badge course is 15-602-24. I just want to let you know our course runs from April 12th to the 14th, and the second week is April 27th through the 28th. You will be required to have a health form, sections A, B1, B2, and C, filled out. It’s a four paged form. The section that I want you to pay most attention to is two parts, are sections B2. There are two parts where your physician will need to sign in section B2. Then, part C is the section where the physical needs to happen, and your physician needs to fill out that section. This has to be within the past year of where this course takes place. Since we are in April 2024, the oldest we can take a physical form is April 2023. So, for March 2023 or later, unfortunately that would be too old. So, anything from the past year – 12 months – will be acceptable.
I will be collecting participant forms from the morning of registration, which is April 12th. I will ask fr them to be handed in, and will be taking them in person. I will not take them electronically or digitally, I’d rather have them in-hand, in case of an emergency. I do ask, make sure that if you have any kind of medications or things of that nature, that you keep those with you at al times and have enough for the program, as well as any EpiPens. Make sure nothing is expired. Also, if you have any allergies or anything of a medical nature that you think I need to be made aware of, feel free to pull me aside. That’s what I’m here for – to make sure you have a wonderful experience with the course, but also doing so in a safe manner. Please also know that I will be the only one who has access to these, to make sure that we respect your privacy. Paul Kreckman, the Director of this course, in the event that I am not available, is the next to have access.
You will have access to your medications to have them handed back to you on April 28th, the last day of the course (the second Sunday) when we depart. I will make myself available at the Main Dining Hall, this way not everyone is trying to crowd into the Health Lodge.
Again, I will be available April 12th. Staff, I would like to have your health forms sooner rather than later. Again, all sections do need to be filled out because we will be having the course for greater than a 72-hour period, even though it’s broken up into two weekends. This is a BSA requirement. If you have any further questions, please reach out to me. I look forward to seeing everybody on April 12th. Thank you so much!
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