Unit 5 First aid
Warming up and reading
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
What’s happening in each picture? What
kind of first aid should you give?
a snake bite
• The person bitten must get a doctor
or go to hospital at once.
• Speed is very important.
• It will help the doctor greatly if
you can tell him what kind of snake
it was, or describe the situation.
first aid for a snake bite
bleeding
• Try to stop the bleeding.
• Press a handkerchief onto the
bleeding point and hold it there.
• Hold up the part of body which is
bleeding if possible.
first aid for bleeding
a sprained ankle
• Tied with medical bandage.
• It is better to avoid walking with the
injured ankle.
• It is correct to use ice bag for removing
pain and bleeding, and it won’t
influence our own body healing.
first aid for a sprained ankle
choking
· Give up to 5 back blows between the
shoulder blades (肩胛骨) with the
heel (手掌根) of your hand.
· Give up to 5 abdominal thrusts. Place a
clenched fist between the navel and the
bottom of the breast bone and
pull inwards and upwards.
first aid for choking
a broken arm
• Do not move the patient.
• Support the broken arm in the
most comfortable position.
• Get medical help immediately.
first aid for a broken arm
a nosebleed
• Breathe through the mouth, not the nose.
• Sit up and bend the head slightly
forward.
• Pinch (捏) both nostrils (鼻孔) shut
using a thumb and forefinger.
• Spit out any blood that collects in the
mouth.
first aid for a nosebleed
1. What is on the cupboard? What has
happened to the little girl?
2. What kind of first aid would you perform
in this situation?
Pre-reading :
First Aid for Burns
Reading
1. 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
1
2
3
4
5
Fast reading
Tell if the following statements are true
or false:
careful reading
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.
5. Put cold 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.
Ø The purpose 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
diseases poisons
the sun’s harmful rays
Causes of burns
steam fire
The sun electricity chemicals
Hot liquid radiation
C
Extremely
painful
Tissue under
them often
can be seen.
Read part4
A
B Mildly swollen
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.
Place burns under
gently running
water for about
10 minutes.
Take clothing off
the burned area
unless it is stuck to
the burn.
Take off other
clothing and
jewellery near
burns.
Cool the burns with cool
water to stop the pain and
prevent or reduce swelling.
Place cool, clean, wet cloths on
burns until the pain is not so
bad.
If the injuries are second degree or
third degree burns, get the victim to
the doctor or hospital at once.
Group work : Discuss the following situations
1. Sam knocked over a kettle full of boiling water
onto his legs. His legs became red, swollen and
covered with blisters. Sam broke the blisters and
poured icy water from the fridge onto the skin.
2. While ironing clothes, Miss Good accidentally
touched the iron. Her wrist blistered and became
watery. It hurt a lot. She put her wrist under the
cold water tap and then kept placing cool, clean,
damp cloths on it until it was less painful. Then
she went to see the doctor.
3. Mrs Casey’s sleeve caught fire while she was
cooking. Her arm looked terrible but it didn’t hurt.
The skin was charred. Her husband took off her
blouse and picked off bits of the blouse stuck to the
burn. He then placed butter on the burn and covered
it with a wet bandage.
4. After an hour in the sun, Lily noticed her arms
were red and hurt a bit. She went home and put them
under running water.
Post-reading :
Go over the “first aid instructions” on p34-35
and conclude how to write instructions:
1) a title that tells you what the instructions are for.
2) the imperative verbs
3) the instructions are written step by step
in the order that they are meant to happen.
ENJOY three videos concerning the first aid
treatment for choking, sprained, and bleeding
and choose one of them to write about the first aid
instructions, following the pattern of“ the first aid
instructions” on p34-35.
HOMEWORK