Unit 5
First aid
Reading
必修五
First aid is a __________ form of help given
to someone who suddenly ______ or __________
before a doctor can be found. Often the ______
or ______ is not_______, but there are other
times when giving ______________ can save
_____.
temporary
falls ill gets injured
illness
injury serious
first aid quickly
lives
Can you guess what
will happen to the
girl?
Look at the picture on
the left. What has
happened?
The girl has pulled
boiling water onto
herself.
She will get bad burns.
What kind of first aid would you give
in this situation?
FIRST AID FOR BURNS
Reading
Pre-reading
1. What is the passage about?
2. How many parts are there in this passage ?
First aid for burns.
There are five parts.
Find out the main idea of each part:
Part 1.
Part 2.
Part 3.
Part 4
Part 5
The purpose/function of skin
Causes of burns
Types of burns
Characteristics of burns
First aid treatment
hot liquids, steam, fire,
radiation, the sun,
electricity, chemicals
First degree burns,
Second degree burns,
Third degree burns
Fast Reading
In which order are these topics covered
in the text? Number them from 1 to 5.
_____ the three types of burns
_____ what to do if someone gets burned
_____ the purpose of skin
_____ the symptoms of burns
_____ how we get burns
3
5
1
4
2
the top layer
the second layer
the third layer
There are ______ layers of skin.three
The skin is the ________ organ,
and also very __________.
largest
essential
Part 1 The function of skin
1) Protect you against _________, _________
and _______________________;
2) Keep you ________ or ________;
3) Prevent you from ______________;
4) Give you _____________.
losing water
sense of touch
warm cool
disease poisons
the sun’s harmful rays
Part 1: The purpose of skin
Careful Reading
Part 2 Causes of burns
H2O4
hot liquids steam fire The sun
chemicalselectricity
Part 3 Types of burns
There are _______ types of burns depending
on which _______ are burned.
First degree burns affect only the _____ layer
and should feel better within _______________.
Second degree burns affect both the _____
and the _______ layer. These burns are _______
and take ______________ to heal.
three
layers
top
a day or two
top
second serious
a few weeks
Third degree burns affect all ______ layers
and any ______ and ______ under the skin.
They are very _______ injuries and the
victim must get to ________ at once.
three
tissue organs
severe
hospital
B
A
C
Blisters and
watery surface
Mildly swollen
Tissue under
them often
can be seen
Part 4 Characteristics of burns
first
degree burn
second
degree burn
third
degree burn
First
degree
burns
Dry, red
and
mildly
_______.
_______
painful.
Turn white when
________.
Second
degree
burns
________,
red and
swollen.
Extremely
painful.
________
watery surface
Third
degree
burns
Swollen;
______
can be
seen.
______ or
____ pain. Black and white
and ________.
Characteristics of burns
Types Characteristics
swollen
Rough
tissue
Mildly
Little
no
pressed
Blisters
charred
1. ________ clothing and jewelry near the burns.
2. ______ the burns with cool water.
3. ______ cool, clean wet cloths on the burns.
4. ______ the burned area gently.
5. ______ the burned area with a dry clean
bandage.
6. ______ the burned area ______ than the
heart, if possible.
7. ______ the victim ____ the doctor or
hospital, if possible.
Part 5 First aid treatment
Take off
Cool
Place
Dry
Cover
Keep higher
Get to
First degree
burns
Second degree
burns
Third degree
burns
type
1. Get the victim to the
doctor or hospital
Treatment
3. Place cool, clean, wet clothes
on them until the pain is not so
bad.
2. Keep cloths cool by putting
them back in the cold water;
squeezing them out and placing
them on the burned area over
and over again for about an
hour until the pain is not so bad.
1. Our skin has three layers.
2. We will never get burned by the sun.
3. Burns are divided into three degrees
according to the degree of pain.
4. Third degree burns are the most serious
and painful.
Tell if the following statements
are true or false:
5. Put cool water on any burns to
cool them.
6. Don’t rub the burns
7. It’s better that you put some butter
or oil on burns.