Unit 5
First Aid
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What is first aid?
>First is the kind of_____ given to
someone who suddenly ______ or gets
______ before a doctor can be found.
Often the illness or injury is _________,
but there are _________ when giving
first aid quickly will ____________.
help
falls ill
injured
not serious
other times
save one’s life
Warming up & Lead-in
What situation can you think of that needs
first aid?
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流血 失血
给 某人 放血
bleed
> bled bled
blood
bloody
血;血统
出血的;血染的;血腥的
sprain 扭伤
sprained 扭伤的
choke (使)噎住;(使)窒息
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Discuss what kind of first
aid you should give in the
following situations and
then act them out.
Press the
wound;
Wrap
bandage.
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Can you guess what
will happen to the
girl?
How will her mother deal with the burn?
Look at the picture on
the left. What has
happened?
The girl has pulled
boiling water onto
herself.
She will get bad burns.
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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
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5
1
4
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First Aid For Burns
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Answer the questions (based on the whole text)
1. What can cause burns?
2. Why should you put cold water on a burn?
3. Why doesn’t a third degree burn hurt?
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Detail Information
Fill in the blanks( based on the 1st Para.)
1. Our body’s largest organ:_____
2. We have ______ ______ of the skin.
3. Your skin ______ you _____ or _____.
4. It ________ your body ______
______ ______.
5. It gives you your _____ _____ _____ .
skin
three layers
keeps warm cool
prevents from
losing water
sense of touch
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First
degree
burns
Affect the
top______
of the skin.
Dry, red
and mildly
______.
_______
painful.
Turn white
when
______.
Second
degree
burns
Affect both
the ____ &
the ______
layer.
________,
red and
swollen.
Extremely
painful.
________
watery
surface
Third
degree
burns
Affect_____
________
layers of
the skin.
Swollen;
______ can
be seen.
______ or
____ pain.
Black and
white and
_______.
layer
top
second
all
three
swollen
Rough
tissue
Mildly
Little
no
pressed
Blisters
charred
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Decide whether the first aid treatment is
Right (R) or Wrong (W). (based on page 35)
1. When someone is burned, you should place some ice
on his wound.
2. We should put damp cloths on the second degree
burns.
3. We shouldn’t break the blisters, or they will make
the wound infected.
4. Sometimes, we can put oil or ointments on burns to
stop the infection.
5. If burns are on the face, we should make the
victim sit up.
W
R
R
W
R
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How will her mother deal with the burn?
Summary of first aid treatment
1. ________ clothing and jewellery 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.
Take off
Cool
Place
Dry
Cover
Keep higher
Get to
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