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    The document provides safety tips for youth sleeping in bunk beds at Scouting events. It notes several serious injuries that have occurred in recent years from falls from top bunks. The tips include sharing a safety talk, only using bunk beds as beds and not play structures, using lower bunks first when possible, always using ladders, ensuring top bunks have safety rails, dressing and packing on the floor, climbing ladders barefoot and facing the ladder, being prepared for the dark with headlamps, and knowing how to respond to a fall or suspected concussion.

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    The document provides safety tips for youth sleeping in bunk beds at Scouting events. It notes several serious injuries that have occurred in recent years from falls from top bunks. The tips include sharing a safety talk, only using bunk beds as beds and not play structures, using lower bunks first when possible, always using ladders, ensuring top bunks have safety rails, dressing and packing on the floor, climbing ladders barefoot and facing the ladder, being prepared for the dark with headlamps, and knowing how to respond to a fall or suspected concussion.

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    The document provides safety tips for youth sleeping in bunk beds at Scouting events. It notes several serious injuries that have occurred in recent years from falls from top bunks. The tips include sharing a safety talk, only using bunk beds as beds and not play structures, using lower bunks first when possible, always using ladders, ensuring top bunks have safety rails, dressing and packing on the floor, climbing ladders barefoot and facing the ladder, being prepared for the dark with headlamps, and knowing how to respond to a fall or suspected concussion.

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    The document provides safety tips for youth sleeping in bunk beds at Scouting events. It notes several serious injuries that have occurred in recent years from falls from top bunks. The tips include sharing a safety talk, only using bunk beds as beds and not play structures, using lower bunks first when possible, always using ladders, ensuring top bunks have safety rails, dressing and packing on the floor, climbing ladders barefoot and facing the ladder, being prepared for the dark with headlamps, and knowing how to respond to a fall or suspected concussion.

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    Safety Tips

    Bunk Bed Safety


    Sleeping in a bunk bed can be kind of fun. For kids, climbing up a ladder and sleeping
    within arm’s reach of a cabin’s ceiling is a pretty neat experience: it’s a different way of
    seeing the cabin, and sleeping in the top bunk is rightfully taken as a sign that a youth
    is mature enough for Scouters to trust them with the privilege.

    It’s important not to overlook what makes sleeping on an upper bunk special, however:
    there is a very real element of risk. Every year, Scouting youth are seriously injured
    when they forget to act safely when in a bunk bed. Injuries reported to Safe Scouting in
    the last two years include concussions, dental injuries, a broken wrist and a broken neck.

    A recent incident highlighted just how serious a bunk-bed-related accident can be. A
    youth sleeping in a top bunk woke up in the night needing to go to the washroom. In
    sock feet, the youth started down the bunk bed’s ladder. It was dark in the cabin, and the youth slipped and fell
    to the floor, hitting his head and fracturing his femur. The injury required surgery, and the youth faced a lengthy recovery.

    Follow these safety tips to make bunk bed incidents like this one less likely:

    • Share a safety talk. When youth arrive at their cabin, share


    • Inform parents. Let parents know if bunk beds will be
    a safety talk. Remind youth in top bunks to be mindful of
    used on a camp. Some parents might ask that their children
    the space between the bed and the wall, watch their heads
    not sleep in top bunks—often with good reason (e.g.
    and to follow the other best practices outlined in this safety
    sleepwalking).
    tip.
    • Dress and pack on the floor. Youth sleeping in top bunks
    • Treat bunk beds as beds—not play structures. Youth
    should get changed (whether for bed or for the day) on the
    should not spend time in top bunks except to sleep, and
    floor. Likewise, sleeping bags should be packed on the floor
    only one youth should be in the top bunk at a time. Even
    — not on the top bunk.
    quiet activities like reading or playing cards should be
    • Climb in bare feet. Bunk bed ladders should not be climbed
    shared elsewhere (like on a lower bunk).
    in slippery sock feet. Booties and slippers without treaded
    • Take advantage of lower bunks first, and only use
    soles also pose a risk. Bare feet offer better grip on a ladder,
    top bunks when necessary.
    making it less likely for a youth to slip and fall.
    • Most importantly, always use the ladder when climbing in
    • Face the ladder. Facing in to the ladder ensures most of
    and out of the top bunk.
    the foot is on the ladder rungs—not just the heel.
    • Ensure top bunks are equipped with safety rails. All
    • Be prepared for dark. Youth in top bunks should keep
    Scouts Canada properties should have bunk beds outfitted
    headlamps or flashlights in a secure and handy place, so
    securely with safety rails. However, safety rails should be
    that they do not have to climb out of bed in the dark.
    inspected before beds are used. Note that bunk beds on
    • Know how to react to a fall. Youth who fall from bunk
    private properties may not be equipped with safety rails;
    beds can hurt themselves any number of ways—however,
    if this is the case, these top bunks cannot be used.
    hitting one’s head is an injury that’s more likely to occur
    • If you notice damaged or otherwise unsafe bunkbeds
    than others. Know how to recognize and respond
    on a Scouts Canada property, please send an email to
    appropriately to a suspected concussion.
    properties@scouts.ca.
    • For more information about head safety, check out
    • Stay below the safety rail. Mats should not be stacked
    Scouts Canada’s Head Safe resources.
    higher than the safety rail—the safety rail should extend high
    enough above the sleeper to serve its purpose of stopping a
    youth from rolling or slipping out of the top bunk.

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