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This was one of the things that was lost with the decline of scouting. I remember quite a bit of training between life guard training and first aid training for dealing with common injuries in the wilderness, dealing with shock, etc. Yeah I get the religious associations were a problem but there's no good secular counterpart or places willing to host (as most troops/groups met at churches), the organization is slowly changing but I don't think its the only reason its been in decline.