Brainstorming: What words can you
think of when you talk about accidents
and first aid?
Accident
First aid
drown bleed choke
burn fire
cut
a bloody nosea snake bite
sprained ankle
a broken arm
First Aid for
Reading
Burns
• 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 functions of skin
_____ the symptoms of burns
_____ how we get burns
3
5
1
4
2
Skimming
Scanning
Read part 1- 5.
Then finish the following task.
Part 1
What can skin do for our body ?
_________________________________
_________________________________
_________________________________
_________________________________
_________________________________
1. Protect you against disease, poisons
and the sun’s harmful rays.
2. Keep you warm or cool
3. Prevent you from losing water
4. Give you your sense of touch
Part 2
Causes of burns
steam
sun
hot l iquids
chemicals
H2SO4
fire
Types of burns
Part 3
There are _______ types of burns depending on
which _______of the skin 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.
Third degree burns affect all ______ layers and
any ______ and ______ under the skin. They are very
_______ injuries and the victim must go to ________
at once.
three
severe hospital
three
layers
top
a day or two
top
second serious
a few weeks
tissue organs
B
A
C
Extremely
painful
Mildly swollen
Often tissue
under them
can be seen.
second
degree burn
first
degree burn
third
degree burn
Part 4
1. If you are burned, you must remove clothing
even if it is stuck to the burn.
2. We shouldn’t rub the burns. T
Treatment True or False:
3. Sometimes, we can put oil or ointments on
burns to stop the infection.
4. We should make sure the bandage won’t
stick to the skin when it is used.
5. If burns are on the face, we should make
the victim lie down.
F
F
T
sit up
Funless
Never can we
Part 5
What situation can you think of where first
aid is needed?
So ….
There were 760,327 traffic accidents in
China last year, resulting in 106,367
deaths. 71.16% of the deaths were due to
the lack of timely first aid.
First aid is important for the victims ,
and necessary for us to learn about.
Try our best to give them effective first aid if
they are in danger.
We should care about others , and help people
in an emergency.
If you have time, please know
more about First Aid.
1. Share some pictures about how
to move the injured person.
2. Find out the important and
difficult words and expressions
to you and finish exercises on
books.