2013 National Jamboree
The 2013 National Jamboree was the first jamboree held at the new Summit site (Summit Bechtel Reserve) in Beckley, WV. Total attendance was 30,037. This was the first national jamboree in which I worked on medical staff. I worked Echo Subcamp medical.
The 2013 National Jamboree was the first jamboree held at the new Summit site (Summit Bechtel Reserve) in Beckley, WV. Total attendance was 30,037. This was the first national jamboree in which I worked on medical staff. I worked Echo Subcamp medical.
The number of issues for this jamboree was actually down when compared to the previous jamboree. This might not be unexpected since the previous jamboree was the centennial of the Boy Scouts of America. I believe that there may have been some "gentle encouragement" to key staff members to reduce the number of issues as well.
GENERAL MEDICAL ISSUES
The above patches were given to everyone who worked on medical staff regardless of position or location. There were two different issues from different companies explaining the difference in size, border stitching, etc. There was also the silver border issue below which was somewhat restricted, although exactly how is not clear to me. |
As in previous years, these are the patches issued by Dr. Diamond. There are other patches in this series for positions that have nothing to do with medical staff.
SUBCAMPS
The jamboree site was set up like a World Jamboree with six subcamps. Councils that had multiple troops might have the troops in different basecamps. Basecamps A-D were for traditional Boy Scout troops, E was for staff, and F was for Venture crews. Each basecamp had its own medical staff, although B,C, D, and F produced no memorabilia.
The above jamboree shoulder patches were produced for Basecamp A medical staff and physicians respectively and were designed by David Chasen, MD.
The above patches were used in Basecamp E and were designed by the basecamp Chief Medical Officer Jon Hobbs. The gold border with loop was one per person. The orange border was the trader. The white ghost was given out at the end of the jamboree as a thank you gift from Jon, and the small blue one was designed as an ID badge and was one per person.
ADMINISTRATION AND PROGRAM
I do not consider the above three patches to be medical staff issues, but they are the general administrative staff with all of the areas, including the red cross for medical. They are progressively more restricted from left to right. The patch to the right of this text is the administrative staff medical patch, and it uses the same design as the standard medical staff except for the red border and lettering. |
These were the first medical staff patches I saw on the jamboree site. The silver border ones were worn by the staff members who helped check in staff and participants. The gold boder patches were for trading.
Unlike previous years, not too many of the program areas produced their own medical staff issues. The top patch was the general program medical staff patch, and the bottom two were for The Rocks and Low Gear respectively. The Rocks patch was created by David Chasen, MD.
EMS/HOSPITAL CARE
Because of the high adventure quality of the new jamboree site, EMS played a much larger role in this jamboree than in previous ones. The EMS services were a combination of volunteer Scouters and military personnel. There was also a lot of communication with area hospitals.
The above two patches were for those who were transported to one of the local hospitals by helicopter. My understanding is that if you were transported by helicopter, you received the patch on the left. This is not exactly something for which one should be aspiring! I am not certain who received the staff ones; it may have been the flight crew. I believe that these patches were designed by Stan Hoff.
MEDICAL POSITION/SUBSPECIALTY
As in the 2010 jamboree, Explorer post 131 helped out on medical staff at Basecamp D, I believe. This is a medical explorer post out of Crater Lake Council, and they worked on medical staff under the leadership of Ed Sutton. These were fundraisers they made for the jamboree. Note that each of the three bottom patches line up with the top patch.
The above eight patches were created by Dan Napoliello, RN. He created them for nurses at the jamboree. I believe the blue ones were for LPNs. The chief nurse and assistant chief nurse were positions in basecamps and program areas. The bottom row has gold mylar caducei, although I am not certain how one earned one as opposed to the non-mylar ones.
These two patches were also created by Dan Napoliello, RN, and these were for members of the team who had to liaison with the hospitals. I would surmise that the one with the N is for nurses and the other is for physicians, but I am not certain of this.
This is the first time a podiatry medical staff patch was created. These patches were created by longtime NOAC and jamboree medical staffer Neal Frankel, DPM. The gold mylar border patches were much more limited in number.
These are the "infamous" gynecological medical staff patches. They were created by an OBGYN on medical staff who received permission prior to the jamboree. Because of the Venture crews, there were a significant number of women at the jamboree. My understanding is that a leader complained, and they were temporarily confiscated during the jamboree. The largest number of patches was made in the black border, with fewer in the green border, and fewer still with the silver border.