Unit 5 First Aid
Module 5
§What is first aid?
First aid is ____________________ given
to someone who suddenly ___________
or ___________ before a doctor can be
found.
a temporary form of help
gets injured
falls ill
Warming up
What’s your first aid IQ?
Quiz
1.What would you do if you
find a man bitten by a snake ?
A. Wash the bite and wrap a
bandage above the bite.
B. Move him until the doctor comes.
a snake bite
bleeding
2. How would you stop bleeding?
A. Put a bandage over the wound
and press on it.
B. Do nothing as the bleeding will
stop by itself .
3.How to treat a sprained ankle?
A. Keep on walking and jumping.
B. Put an ice pack on the ankle and
get him to put his foot up on a
chair. a sprained ankle
FIRST AID FOR BURNS
Reading
Fast reading:
put the topics in order
§ the three types of burns
§ what to do if someone gets burned
§ the functions of skin
§ the symptoms of burns
§ how we get burns
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②
Detailed reading
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1.Protect you against diseases,
poisons and the sun’s harmful rays.
2.Keep you warm or cool.
3.Prevent you from losing water.
4.Give you sense of touch.
Part I
What can skin do for our body ?
You can get burned by :
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hot liquids
steam
fire
radiation
the sun
electricity or chemicals
Causes of burnsPart II
B
A
C
extremely
painful
mildly swollen
tissue under
them often
can be seen
second
degree burn
first
degree burn
third
degree burn
Part III & IV
Part V
1. Why should you put cool water on a
burn?
2. Why can’t you rub the burned area?
Because it may break any blisters
and the wound may get infected.
First aid treatment
u ______ clothing and
jewellery near the burns.
uPut burns under _____
water for about __ minutes.
u___ the burned area
gently.
uCover the burned area
with a _______ bandage.
uHold the dry bandage
______ with tape.
Dos
uDon’t pour ___water
onto the skin.
uDon’t put _____water
on third degree burns.
uDon’t ___the burns.
uDon’t put some ____ ,
oil or _______ on
burns.
Don’ts
Take off
running
10
icy
cold
Dry rub
dry,clean
in place
butter
ointments
Practice
Task1: Give first aid instructions.
Task2: Make an emergency call.
Operator: Emergency. Can I help you?
Mother: …
uSome knowledge about first aid,
especially first aid for burns.
uHow to give first aid instructions.
uHow to make an emergency call.
1. Read the text after class.
2. Write a passage about how to
give first aid for burns, using 5
sentences.
Homework